Category: Recommendations
Hamilton on Immigration
“Men are generally too much attached to their native country to leave it and dissolve all of their connexions, unless they are driven to it by necessity.” Alexander Hamilton as quoted by Ron Chern... Read More
The Slippery Slope of Immigration
“Opposition to immigration skates precariously close to racism.” Paul Collier, Author Exodus: How Migration is Changing the World What a great country we live in. No wonder so many others ... Read More
Inspiration
Extraordinary, Ordinary People By Condoleezza Rice If you want to understand nuances of the black experience in America read this book. Put aside your politics and your preconceptions and immerse your... Read More
Reconstruction
There is a feeling, often expressed, that we live in particularly tumultuous times. I often politely ask when we were not in “tumultuous times.” My argument is that “presentism”... Read More
The Road to Hana
I received this postcard from Lilli and Rebecca when they drove to Hana during our December trip to Maui. I supplied the stamps. They said it was “roughly the equivalent of several raccoons.R... Read More
Solomon’s Paradox
“We are better at solving other people’s problems than our own. Detachment yields objectivity” The flower arrangements are at Mama’s Fish House in Maui, Hawaii. We visited over the Christm... Read More
Vintage Postcards
I was boating in Chesapeake Bay with Gene B. and in the lovely small town of Havre de Grace we came across a postcard shop. If you want postcards and you are in the Baltimore/Washington area visit Mar... Read More