Words Seldom Seen: Tautology
Tautology Noun: a phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words. Editors...
Motivation
"Motivation is a learned skill, not an innate quality." The photo is of the new bridge across the Colorado...
Democracies Limits
“Democracy is a hedge against worse outcomes, not a guarantor of best outcomes.” Paraphrase of Jonah...
American History
"Once I thought to write a history of immigrants in America. Then I discovered that immigrants were American...
American Aristocracy
“An open fluid elite based on merit and money, not on birth and breeding.” Alexander Hamilton From...
Words Seldom Seen: Ad hominem
Ad hominem Adjective: An argument directed against a person rather than the position they are...
A Promise
"A promise made is a debt unpaid." Robert W. Service in The Cremation of Sam McGee Photo is from a visit to...
A Pause
The world goes on, Leaving me further behind. Can we pause change. Photo is of a very large painting in...
People Move Around
Last year eight million people moved from one state to another in the USA. We accept that as the way things are...
Damning with Faint Praise
“He is wholly insufficient for his place with the additional misfortune of not himself having the least...
