Maxims Laboratories of Democracy SimonMarch 1, 20230 “The States may serve as the laboratories of democracy.” Justice Louis Brandeis March is sunset month...
Ideas Tradition SimonFebruary 27, 20230 "Tradition is really peer pressure from dead people." Thanks to Anthony R for this excellent recast of an old...
Immigration Obligations SimonFebruary 24, 20230 "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." Thomas Jefferson Our...
Simon Says Sharing is Caring? SimonFebruary 16, 20230 “When something is shared by everyone, it usually gets ruined by the worst-behaved of us.” This is the...
Maxims Bad Policy SimonFebruary 10, 20230 "Rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city - except for...
Maxims Sin SimonFebruary 9, 20230 "It is not a sin to be poor. It is a sin to be cheap" Another Inukshuk from the Merced River series. There was...
Maxims Gifts SimonFebruary 8, 20230 A gift with conditions is not a gift. It is a purchase. The Inukshuk in this photo was built of river...
Maxims Struggle SimonJanuary 26, 20230 “To see what is in front of one’s nose is a constant struggle.” George...
Maxims Permanence SimonJanuary 19, 20230 "Things are rarely as permanent as they appear." "No rain, no rainbows." Hawaiian...
Maxims Solomon’s Paradox SimonJanuary 12, 20230 “We are better at solving other people’s problems than our own. Detachment yields objectivity” The...