Phantoms
“Passions are more easily stirred by phantoms than by realities.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...
Author: Simon
Good Deeds
"The 'joy' received by doing a good deed is the only reward that won't lessen it." Seneca This is one of a...
Writing Well
"When I am writing well, it’s as if nothing is going on at the intellectual level. It is all happening at the...
Immigration Overall
"Overall immigration in America has worked out extremely well." Ben Wattenberg in...
Words Seldom Seen: Vitrine
Vitrine Noun: A glass or plexiglass display case. The display is waiting for the vitrine to be...
Truths
"The world is full of incidental truths that have no effect on the story." George Sanders from : A Swim in a...
Panic
“One can usually panic about only one or two things at a time.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...
Discretion
"If you want people to speak well of you, do not speak well of yourself." Blaise Pascal This is the...
Another Immigration Argument
When people study history one or two hundred years from now. They will remember this era for two things:...
Words Seldom Seen: Metis
Metis Noun: (from the Greek) The knowledge that can come only from practical experience. Example: "The metis of...
