The Height of Civilization
Toto toilets smileOne way is the Shinto wayMount Fuji for all A Haiku from Japan. There were several...
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Friends and Enemies
"It is better to be the enemy of a good person, than to be the friend of a bad one." This is the suite in our...
Words Seldom Seen: Cordwainer
Cordwainer Noun: A shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. Example: He was a cordwainer and he...
Clear Thinking
“Economic self-interest is always a severe impediment to clear thinking on the moral and political aspects of an...
Being is Believing
“The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.” Bertrand Russell English...
The Internet
“The internet is the most potent weapon against tyranny since the printing press.” John Steele Gordon in...
Disgrace
“A person who dies rich dies disgraced.” Andrew Carnegie Carnegie was an early advocate of charity...
Chance
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur Pasteur’s is a more elegant way of saying “luck...
Old Age
”Old age and the wear of time teach many things.” Sophocles There are advantages to being old. In some...
Wage and Price Controls
“Wage and price controls have a long history, almost all of it bad.” John Steele Gordon In An Empire of...
