Clear Thinking

“Economic self-interest is always a severe impediment to clear thinking on the moral and political aspects of an issue.”

John Steele Gordon

From An Empire of Wealth

Acting and thinking in ones own self-interest is the natural state. All we can hope for is that the differing interests of the various groups will over time balance each other. A democratic republic is the best way to accomplish this, but it is an ugly and time consuming process. “This to will change.”

The photo is of one of the two small herds of “trespasser horses” in Canyon de Chelly.


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