Cynical but….
"Cynical but cheerful, that's my shtick." Tony Thompson in Eat Your Heart Out, Ho Chi...
Category: Simon Says
Freedom
"I was so inexperienced that I actually believed all humans wanted to be free." Tony Thompson in Eat Your Heart...
The Future
“Any prediction about the future is uncertain.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness (Highly...
Opinions
“Be prepared to change an opinion when you discover new facts.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness (Highly...
Apple Speculation
"The Paramount concern of man is status: how to achieve it, how to display it." Tom Wolfe, author Why are...
Platitude Season
It is the season when platitudes substitute for policy. I've written about it before but it bears repeating:...
Ponderable
Would you choose to be surrounded by intellect or elegance? Art or Science? Understanding or...
A Silver Lining
Every cloud has a silver lining. Ten Positive things about the COVID Pandemic: Plexiglass is fashionable...
Travel Thought Two
The paradox of travel: We all want to go to the same beautiful places and we want to be the only ones...
Teach or Rule
"The itch to teach is the itch to rule. Scratch one and you will find the other." Will Durant in The Story of...
