The journey is the reward. I found a beach stone that had a beak. After a few days of looking I found another one with a tail. The result was this barely recognizable bird on a window sill. Vacation a...Read More
A good way to test if someone is speaking in platitudes is to ask yourself if you can imagine a normal human adult believing the opposite. Economist Donald Boudreaux writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-...Read More
It is the season when platitudes substitute for policy. I’ve written about it before but it bears repeating: someone is speaking in platitudes if you can’t imagine a normal human adult bel...Read More
A sign I saw in front of several houses in Santa Fe. The problem with this sign is that it is based on the misguided assumption that there are no Putins or Kims in the world. That Hitler and Stalin co...Read More
Recently I was offered “sincere condolences.” Which brought up the question: Are there “insincere condolences?” Condolences aren’t condolences if they aren’t sincer...Read More