Category: Politics
About John Bolton
I don’t understand why people who disliked John Bolton when he was at the UN and when he was National Security Advisor, then were outraged when he refused to testify at the impeachment trial will no... Read More
Factfulness Teaser
“Would I ever hear about children who don’t drown?” Hans Rosling in Factfulness In this quote Rosling is summing up how the news media get it wrong, not willfully, but because they focus on the ... Read More
Nietzsche Seven
“State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters.” Friedrich Nietzsche Photo Credit: The butterfly festival Nurit and I ran into on June 6 while hiking the Horton Creek Trail near Payson.... Read MoreThe Cadillac of..
“We are the Cadillac of nations — which is to say, we can look a little creaky next to an Audi.” Kevin Williamson National Review... Read More
Factfulness
“Witness the secret, silent miracle of human progress.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness When I hike alone I pick up some rocks as I walk along that as a group of five will make a simple Inukshuk. ... Read More
Globalization
Globalization helps everybody. This is a perfect illustration: A box of Japanese apples (Fuji) being sold in a small store in Ravello, Italy, grown in China and imported by the Italian branch of an Am... Read More
Nietzsche Six
“In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.” Friedrich Nietzsche... Read More
Words Seldom Seen: Pernicious
Pernicious, adjective: having a harmful effect especially in a gradual or subtle way. Example: watching too much TV news has a pernicious effect on your perception of reality.... Read More