A Great Nation
The USA attracts immigrants because, more than most countries, it rewards merit and forgives failure, it attempts to...
Author: Simon
Proper Usage
“Use laws that are old but food that is fresh.” Periander of Corinth I found this quote in one of Nassim...
Words Seldom Seen: Eructation
Eructation Noun: A formal way of saying belch or burp. Example: "An eructation from Napoleon would have been...
Sex on Sunday
A Welsh Baptist preacher was asked whether it was permissible to have sex on Sundays. He replied, “Yes, so long as...
Living
"Remember, you do not live in the world, you only pass through it." Leo Tolstoy in A Calendar of...
Happy New Year
This is the second year of Covid. Some good has come of it but it has been mostly bad. It has increased anxiety in...
Haitian Poverty
"The main reason Haitians suffer in poverty is not because they are from Haiti but because they are in...
Getting Along
“People get along better as neighbors than roommates.” Nassim Taleb in Skin in the Game This is the...
Words Seldom Seen: Prevaricate
Prevaricate Verb: Speak or act in an evasive way Example: "he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked...
Long Life
"A long life has become perfectly normal.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of...
