Politics Words Seldom Seen: Interregnum SimonNovember 13, 20240 Interregnum Noun: The period between governments. Originally the period between kings (regnum is Latin for...
Maxims Responsibility SimonNovember 12, 20240 "The presidency isn’t a prize; it's a responsibility." Prickly Pear Cacti in bloom in the Phoenix...
Maxims Intervention SimonNovember 11, 20240 "The only thing more unsavory than U.S. intervention, it turns out, is U.S. nonintervention." Max Boot in The...
Maxims Paranoia SimonNovember 10, 20240 "Military planners are paid to be paranoid." Max Boot in The Savage Wars of...
Humor Pigs 2 SimonNovember 5, 20240 You can’t stop politicians and their statist allies from acting like pigs at a trough. But in a democracy at...
Politics Please Vote SimonNovember 4, 20240 “Voting is being part of something big while doing something small. It is very...
Ideas A Word for the Worried SimonNovember 1, 20240 Subscribe to The Rational Optimist Newsletter. Be reminded that technology is as important as politics in your...
Politics One Week to Go SimonOctober 29, 20241 I predicted when Biden decided not to run that Harris would win going away. I still predict that she will win but...
Maxims It’s the Law SimonOctober 24, 20240 “The law of supply and demand works pretty well, if we let it.” John Mauldin We aren't letting the law...