Issawi’s Laws
"Society is a mule, not a car. One cannot just press on the accelerator and go exactly where one wishes." From...
Maxim August 6, 2013
"Everything simple is false. Everything complex is unusable." Paul Valery Quoted in The End is Near and it's...
Cats vs Dogs
This is from Peggy Noonan's column in the WSJ on Saturday August 3, 2013 I have a friend who once told me the...
Talebian Wisdom 9
"The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist imagines an imbecile-proof one." Nassim...
Simon Says Postcards August 1, 2013
"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains" William Shakespeare Mt. Whitney...
Maxim July 30, 2013
"The difference between your friends and your enemies is that your friends will tell you when you are doing...
Sunday Punday July 28, 2013
Justin Hill and Julie Hill were just married and decided to spend their honeymoon in an old beat up castle that...
Seen Signs July 27, 2013
If it's free I want...
Talebian Wisdom 8
"Engineers can compute but not define, mathematicians can define but not compute, economists can neither define nor...
Simon Says Postcards July 25, 2013
"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains." John Muir Mt. Whitney 9/9 Whitney...
