Paradox One
Our country has a labor shortage that is slowing economic growth. At the same time that we are employing more than...
Author: Simon
Words Seldom Seen: Tout Court
Tout Court Adverb: Quite simply, with no additions. Example: "To be vaccinated against Covid is safer than...
Hand Washing
"Wash your hands like you've been slicing jalapenos and you need to take your contacts out." Sign in a...
A Long Life
“Man is a tough, resistant and long lived organism. He does not have to worry himself unduly about his...
Shabbat Shalom
“It is not that Israel has kept the Sabbath; the Sabbath has kept Israel.” Ahad Ha’am A view in the...
Words Seldom Seen: Explicate
Explicate Verb: Analyze and develop an idea or principle in detail. Example: "All of my attempts to...
What is god?
"IS TV GOD"? or "IS GOOGLE GOD"? I have been arguing that Google is god lately. The internet may have...
Health
“With one or two notable exceptions, wealth is good for health.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...
The Haircut
One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asks about his bill and the barber replies,...
Choices
The real choices we face are between competing suboptimal solutions. There is not a magic bullet that will...
