Category: Maxims
Intervention
“The only thing more unsavory than U.S. intervention, it turns out, is U.S. nonintervention.” Max Boot in The Savage Wars of Peace A big horn sheep in the Grand Canyon.... Read More
Public Opinion
“Public opinion often fastens itself to trivial objects.” Margaret Macmillan in Paris 1919 A great photo of a mid century modern house with Piestewa Peak in the background.... Read More
A Straight Line
“Life rarely unfolds in a straight line.” This reminds me of a couple of maxims from the past. Crooked Timber and Pasternak on Life I took this photo many years ago with my SLR Canon. the fish liv... Read More
It’s the Law
“The law of supply and demand works pretty well, if we let it.” John Mauldin We aren’t letting the law of supply and demand work when we think the government can decide what is “price ... Read More
To Be Remembered
“I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.” Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, like his contemporaries, was blind to the horror of chattel slave... Read More
