Catherine the Great
We are going to visit Russia so I'm reading a few books that are relevant. One is Catherine the Great by Robert...
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The Limits of Power
What is the limit on the government’s power to make you do things for your own good?...
Flashback about Politics
I'm often wrong and I was very wrong in August 2008 when I wrote: "We are well into the election season and I along...
Kindness Is…..
A sign I saw in front of several houses in Santa Fe. The problem with this sign is that it is based on the misguided...
What is an Adventure
"If you do not undertake a risk of real harm, reparable or even potentially irreparable, from an adventure, it is not...
Against Democracy (Churchill Quote)
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." Winston...
Monument Moment
"To the Heroes who have fallen in the various battles with ______ Indians in the Territory of New Mexico." We...
Stories
"We age not by years, but by stories." Unknown This saying was on a postcard I received from somewhere in Eastern...
Recycled Confusion
I think this is a trash can that supports the fight against breast cancer. What exactly are we supposed to put in...
The Ice Bucket Challenge for Straws
Howard Rotter Diving in the Philippines In 2014 while my good friend, Howard, was wasting away from the progressive...
