“In every age people have been dishonest and governments have been corrupt.” From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant (1968, Simon & Schuster) page 40 “Insecurity is ...Read More
These signs represent a preemptive attempt to stop the owners of some land in Sierra Madre from using it as they see fit. No plans have been announced yet but the NIMBY’s and the BANANA’...Read More
“Nothing is clearer in history than the adoption by successful rebels of the methods they condemned in the forces they deposed.” From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant (1968,...Read More
“Total perspective is an optical illusion.” From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant (1968, Simon & Schuster) page 12 Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice.&#...Read More
“Freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies.” From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant (1968, Simon & Schuster) page 20 “The best that the amiable philoso...Read More
“This is painful for a liberal to admit but conservatives have a point when they suggest that America’s safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency.” Nicho...Read More
Apparently when President Obama said “If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.” it was not a lie, it was “paternalistic dishonesty.” The kind of thing you...Read More
The graph below shows that human deaths from natural disasters have decreased dramatically in the last century contrary to what many people want to believe. There is a normal human tendency to extrapo...Read More