“The American experiment with republican government requires virtuous leadership to survive.” Alexander Hamilton As paraphrased by Joseph Ellis in Founding Brothers Photo is of a Lego mode...Read More
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is a well written book about how our actions have changed since we were hunter gatherers and the effects of those changes on our happiness and well being. It was r...Read More
How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson One thing leads to another. This is an excellent book for people who enjoy learning the history of technology. For example time zones were not necessary until we ha...Read More
“If you want to know America–if you want to see it for what it was and what it is–you need to look at Indian history and at the Indian present.” “It has always bothered m...Read More
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer If you care about fairness and justice this is a disturbing book. It is also a book about hope. The Native Americans were totally defeated by 1900 their n...Read More
In a bookstores your mind can go window shopping. Adapted from Jonah Goldberg co founder of The Dispatch and a brilliant wordsmith. Photo is from a Powell’s Bookstore Postcard....Read More
“The people are wiser than their rulers.” General Douglas McArthur This is a combination post. President Zelensky meets an Inukshuk with an embedded quote from Douglas McArthur in multiple colors....Read More
Querulous Adjective: Disagreeable complaining, perhaps petulant or whining. Example: “It really is hard to complain without sounding querulous.” Photo shows the Native American section in ...Read More
“I’ll look it up in the encyclopedia.” A common phrase from about 1911 until about 2000. Now the encyclopedia has been replaced by Google and the phrase sounds archaic. I call the smart phone th...Read More