The Three Rules of Conversation

Posted on February 21, 2023February 20, 2023 by Simon

The three rules of conversation: Is it kind, Is it true, Is it necessary. Thanks to Steve Gerst for this very useful set of rules. He and I agree that rule #3 is most difficult. Photo is an Inukshuk w... Read More

Buy American

Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Simon

“Buy American” as a national policy is a really bad idea. It was a bad idea when President Trump used it to start trade wars and it was a bad idea when President Biden wrote it into his in... Read More

Immigration Justice

Posted on February 17, 2023February 12, 2023 by Simon

The case for allowing people to move is simple; openness to newcomers is morally right, economically beneficial and culturally enriching. Philippe LeGrain Another Inukshuk built in Granada Park.... Read More

Sharing is Caring?

Posted on February 16, 2023February 12, 2023 by Simon

“When something is shared by everyone, it usually gets ruined by the worst-behaved of us.” This is the “fallacy of the commons” written differently. It is why socialism and communism a... Read More

Stay Up

Posted on February 15, 2023February 12, 2023 by Simon

“Don’t let aging get you down. It’s too hard to get back up.” John Wagner Masking during the Covidian era was important even for Inukshuk.... Read More

Bad Policy

Posted on February 10, 2023February 7, 2023 by Simon

“Rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city – except for bombing.” Assar Lindbeck Swedish Ecomomist A beautiful Inukshuk with a quartz ... Read More

Sin

Posted on February 9, 2023February 7, 2023 by Simon

“It is not a sin to be poor. It is a sin to be cheap” Another Inukshuk from the Merced River series. There was a debate about using “sin” or “shame” in this maxim w... Read More

Gifts

Posted on February 8, 2023February 7, 2023 by Simon

A gift with conditions is not a gift. It is a purchase. The Inukshuk in this photo was built of river smoothed stones in the Merced River near Wawona in Yosemite. No glue is used in the construction o... Read More

Hypocrisy

Posted on February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 by Simon

“If hypocrisy were a crime, there’d be no one left to run Washington.” An unusual second Saturday post. To test the new subscriber system we are installing so that the photos will be included wi... Read More

Industrial Policy 101

Posted on February 3, 2023January 31, 2023 by Simon

“On balance, the record of government trying to improve the functioning of the private sector is poor.” New York Times This quote is from the NYT. It is surprising because the NYT only las... Read More

Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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