Ideas The Chatham House Rule SimonOctober 8, 20200 When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the...
Politics Letterboxes SimonSeptember 10, 20202 The US Post Office is the Amtrak of our children’s generation. It has outlived its usefulness but, because of...
Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Ad Hominem SimonSeptember 2, 20201 Ad Hominem Adjective, An attack or criticism directed against a person or organization rather than the...
Politics Platitude Season SimonAugust 31, 20200 It is the season when platitudes substitute for policy. I've written about it before but it bears repeating:...
Maxims History Repeats SimonAugust 24, 20200 “People are always more willing to expand governmental services than to pay for them.” Will Durant writing...
Ideas Mega-Corporations SimonAugust 12, 20200 Can Mega-Corporations be controlled? How? Is it necessary? Then why aren't you thinking more about the...
Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Faustian SimonJuly 29, 20200 Faustian Faustian, adjective: To make a deal with the devil, in which you give up your integrity to gain a...
Hiking About John Bolton SimonJune 19, 20200 I don’t understand why people who disliked John Bolton when he was at the UN and when he was National Security...