“A spirit of compromise and a concern with order are needed to balance the quest for liberty.” Alexander Hamilton From Alexander Hamilton the excellent biography by Ron Chernow Unfortunately we ar...Read More
“ Criticism can be both sanctimonious and deserved.” or biblically; let he who hath no sin cast the first stone. Trump’s National Security team don’t understand security and neither did th...Read More
“It is far more difficult to undo than to do” Alexander Hamilton From Alexander Hamilton the excellent biography by Ron Chernow The photo was taken early one morning of a mural on 1st Street in do...Read More
“It is a pity that a great man should be so ill bred.” Talleyrand speaking of Napoleon. It is easy to draw a modern parallel, and you may. But where is our modern Talleyrand? The home is a classic...Read More
“When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.” Alexander Hamilton As quoted by Ron Charnow in his wonderful book Hamilton Draw your own conclusions about the ...Read More
Putin is Evil Trump is Stupid Zelensky is a Super Hero The world is a scarier place with the first two in it. Thoughts of Chamberlain and Munich come to mind. “Peace in our time” bullshit!...Read More
“Capitalism is necessary to the progress of the world, and those who unreasonably and wantonly oppose or fight against it are enemies to human advancement.” Marcus Garvey About the unrelated p...Read More
“Democracy is a hedge against worse outcomes, not a guarantor of best outcomes.” Paraphrase of Jonah Goldberg editor in chief of The Dispatch More art from the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas...Read More