Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Feckless SimonJanuary 17, 20220 Feckless Adjective: irresponsible; lacking initiative and/or strength of character. Example: "Her feckless...
Maxims A Dream SimonJanuary 15, 20220 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the...
Immigration A Veneer SimonJanuary 14, 20220 “All our immigration controls have is a veneer of decency." Philippe Legrain author of Them and...
Recommendations Courage SimonJanuary 13, 20220 “We think courage is something we are born with but we are wrong. It’s a tradition we choose to...
Politics Building Bad Better SimonJanuary 8, 20221 I saw a video on TikTok of a Republican congressman claiming that the Build Back Better legislation as proposed by the...
Immigration A Great Nation SimonJanuary 7, 20220 The USA attracts immigrants because, more than most countries, it rewards merit and forgives failure, it attempts to...
Maxims Proper Usage SimonJanuary 6, 20220 “Use laws that are old but food that is fresh.” Periander of Corinth I found this quote in one of Nassim...
Hiking Words Seldom Seen: Eructation SimonJanuary 5, 20220 Eructation Noun: A formal way of saying belch or burp. Example: "An eructation from Napoleon would have been...
Humor Sex on Sunday SimonJanuary 4, 20220 A Welsh Baptist preacher was asked whether it was permissible to have sex on Sundays. He replied, “Yes, so long as...
Maxims Living SimonJanuary 3, 20220 "Remember, you do not live in the world, you only pass through it." Leo Tolstoy in A Calendar of...