Mega-Corporations

Posted on August 12, 2020July 26, 2020 by Simon

Can Mega-Corporations be controlled? How? Is it necessary? Then why aren’t you thinking more about the question? Photo is a perspective deception at Balanced Rock. Companies like Apple, Amazon, ... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Faustian

Posted on July 29, 2020June 30, 2020 by Simon

Faustian Faustian, adjective: To make a deal with the devil, in which you give up your integrity to gain a worldly advantage. Example: The Trump supporters made a Faustian bargain they would support a... Read More

About John Bolton

Posted on June 19, 2020June 18, 2020 by Simon

I don’t understand why people who disliked John Bolton when he was at the UN and when he was National Security Advisor, then were outraged when he refused to testify at the impeachment trial will no... Read More

Nietzsche Seven

Posted on June 11, 2020June 4, 2020 by Simon

“State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters.” Friedrich Nietzsche Photo Credit: The butterfly festival Nurit and I ran into on June 6 while hiking the Horton Creek Trail near Payson.... Read More

The Cadillac of..

Posted on June 6, 2020May 31, 2020 by Simon

“We are the Cadillac of nations — which is to say, we can look a little creaky next to an Audi.” Kevin Williamson National Review... Read More

Government Love

Posted on May 8, 2020April 24, 2020 by Simon

The government doesn’t love you, because it can’t love you—and neither can the market. But at least the market doesn’t pretend that it can. Jonah Goldberg... Read More

Smoke Filled Rooms

Posted on March 2, 2020November 17, 2020 by Simon

“It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president.” Headline from an OpEd in the Washington Post. Which they later changed because of lots of criticism. Four years ago I agree... Read More

Dancing with the Candidates

Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by Simon

I wrote this piece two years ago and now the Democrat primary process has come off the tracks in the same way the Republicans did in 2016. They are about to select a “non-centerist” candid... Read More

Beyond NIMBY

Posted on February 26, 2020February 18, 2020 by Simon

A NIMBY is an acronym, we all know, for a person who while proclaiming to be in favor of progress and change says quite clearly but: Not In My Back Yard A BANANA is a bit more adamant he says: Build A... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Pundit

Posted on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 by Simon

Pundit Noun: an expert willing to expound on a subject. Interestly pundit in English came from the Hindi word “Pandit” with roughly the same meaning. Example: “They brought in a pundit to fill u... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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