Politics Book Review: Those Angry Days SimonMarch 12, 20190 Those Angry Days by Lynne Olson I read Those Angry Days in my history book club and I enjoyed it and learned from...
Politics Book Review: The End of History SimonMarch 5, 20190 The End of History by Francis Fukuyama I tried to read The End of History back in the 1990s when it first came out...
Maxims Climate Change SimonDecember 21, 20180 "The consequences of climate change, whatever they turn out to be, will be easier to confront the more prosperous the...
Motivation Gratitude Two SimonDecember 20, 20180 "Happiness does not lead to gratitude. Gratitude leads to happiness." From Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs...
Maxims The Meaning in Life SimonDecember 14, 20180 "Most people need to find meaning within structures they do not create." William Galston...
Maxims Gratitude One SimonDecember 13, 20180 "Gratitude, like interest, compounds." From Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs...
Politics Suicide of the West SimonJune 15, 20180 Jonah Goldberg is a great writer and an even better researcher. In this book, which I will quote often in maxim posts,...
Maxims Neutrality SimonJune 1, 20181 The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. Roughly...
DECLINE Aging Three (Nostalgia Week) SimonNovember 19, 20140 "We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe." from A Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes First...
Maxims Maxim February 7, 2013 SimonFebruary 7, 20130 "The surest fertilizer of a movement is the blood of martyrs." Bernard DeVoto The Year of Decision 1846 This a...