Luck
I used to say I was "blessed". now I say I was...
Tag: Travel
The Middle Finger
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the...
Helping the Poor
“I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them...
Real Change
Bolts of lightning rarely change the world, but erosion is constantly changing the...
A Lesson From the Sea
A pessimist complains about the wind; an optimist expects it to change and a realist adjusts the...
David Mamet
"I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind." David Mamet,...
Hard Telling, Not Knowing
People inside partisan bubbles don’t know they are in partisan bubbles, in the same way that fish don’t...
Taking Turns
"Most of the time we don’t communicate, we just take turns talking." Sometimes we communicate without...
Being Poor
"It is difficult to work full time and remain poor in America." Jason Riley in Let them In, The Case for Open...
Correcting
"See everything, overlook a lot, correct a little." Attributed to Pope John...
