Hamilton on Immigration

Posted on May 11, 2023May 6, 2023 by Simon

“Men are generally too much attached to their native country to leave it and dissolve all of their connexions, unless they are driven to it by necessity.” Alexander Hamilton as quoted by Ron Chern... Read More

The Slippery Slope of Immigration

Posted on April 20, 2023April 9, 2023 by Simon

“Opposition to immigration skates precariously close to racism.” Paul Collier, Author Exodus: How Migration is Changing the World What a great country we live in. No wonder so many others ... Read More

Unthinkable

Posted on April 10, 2023April 9, 2023 by Simon

“The unthinkable actually happens regularly.” John Maudlin... Read More

Inspiration

Posted on March 30, 2023March 27, 2023 by Simon

Extraordinary, Ordinary People By Condoleezza Rice If you want to understand nuances of the black experience in America read this book. Put aside your politics and your preconceptions and immerse your... Read More

The Immigration Opportunity

Posted on March 3, 2023March 1, 2023 by Simon

Competing with China I recently read the Now It can be Told by General Leslie Grove. It is the story of the Manhattan Project, the US/UK project to build the atomic bomb during WWII. It was written by... Read More

Reconstruction

Posted on January 30, 2023January 12, 2023 by Simon

There is a feeling, often expressed, that we live in particularly tumultuous times. I often politely ask when we were not in “tumultuous times.” My argument is that “presentism”... Read More

Inflation

Posted on October 15, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.” John Maynard Keynes Keynesian economics is very wel... Read More

Worse

Posted on October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 by Simon

“Things may have to get worse before they get even worser.” It is rare to see a sheep statue but at the Missouri Botanical Garden they have a flock. I just finished listening to The End of... Read More

Routine

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Simon

“Routine is good, but if you want to stay young, try something new every day.” From The Quotable Stoic by Michael Lipsey. The water lily photo is from the Missouri Botanical Garden again.... Read More

Waste

Posted on September 22, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

“Waste is incompatible with gratitude.” Photo is from a castle/winery garden in Bordeaux. The quote evolved from something Jane Whitefield a major character in one of Thomas Perry’s ... Read More

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