The Public Good
"The task of government is not to stop selfish striving, which is a hopeless task, but to harness it for the...
Tag: Maxim
Traffic
"When you are in traffic, you are also traffic." In the immortal words of President Obama: "We are the people...
Tradition
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”. Gustav Mahler Christmas and the...
Advice to Hikers
"You are almost there." Last week Peter and his great dog Mojo hiked with me on the Granite Mountain Hotshots...
Example
"Example is the school of humankind and we will learn at no other.” Edmund Burke The photo is of me...
Travel Advice
“The journey is the destination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Photo is of my hiking buddies starting down from...
Failure
"The greater the complexity of a system, the more likely that system is to fail." David Galland, The Rational...
A Messy World
“The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws.” President Barak...
Good News
“Despite the headlines, we live in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human...
Happy Thanksgiving
“Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.” Hansa Proverb Happy...
