An ancient human conceit is that we inherit our behaviors from our forebearers, including language. There is a belief that if someone has Greek heritage, (Continue Reading)
An ancient human conceit is that we inherit our behaviors from our forebearers, including language. There is a belief that if someone has Greek heritage, (Continue Reading)
Reading Chris Hayes’ book, A Colony in a Nation, my attention was drawn to his formulation of the disturbance generated by disorder. For some people, (Continue Reading)
So many themes, they get scattered and lose impact. It seems time to pull some threads together and knit a rope, or rather a hawser. (Continue Reading)
Chris Hayes writes about how the common slogan regarding police violence against Blacks is, “Why don’t they just do what the cop says?” The tariff (Continue Reading)
I’ve written about my wife’s cousin’s experiences learning Italian and Japanese. Tonight he revealed that in English he never could comprehend what he reads. He (Continue Reading)
From Steve Schmidt, the McCain-Palin campaign chairman, on what it means to be a fidelitist (new word for me). [on the MSNBC show The Eleventh (Continue Reading)
The entry Hate and Special Status discusses a little of Pankaj Mishra’s talk at A.S.U. The rise of anger (his talk and book are Global (Continue Reading)
My son told me how students had set a school bus on fire, one he had been using as a traveling aquaponics exhibit and lab. (Continue Reading)
“Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.” – John Ruskin “For if (Continue Reading)
Friends say I am good at synthesizing disparate elements. I am better at that than at analyzing, but before synthesizing must come analysis. At times, (Continue Reading)
Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs, written in 2004 p. 148 In March 2003, a former Federal Reserve governor, Lyle Gramley, was quoted by The (Continue Reading)
Here’s how a dominant religion in an area can sidestep the Constitution. My wife came to work in the East Valley of the Phoenix Metropolitan (Continue Reading)
In going over my essay of teaching Standard English, I said the following and my friend, Brian, thought it worth writing out. So here it (Continue Reading)
Here’s a good example of the almost inconceivable acuity of attention to detail some people have: there are 76 uprights, wrought iron with floral designs (Continue Reading)
As I was reading a bit about the Hanseatic League in one of my old history books, the NYT came with a long article on (Continue Reading)
Fundamental to my world view and something I consider the starting point in discussing human activity on earth (as opposed to elsewhere?) is sex. The (Continue Reading)
My attempts to engage with the idea that facts are determined by one’s world view and show that world view as well as perspective can (Continue Reading)
When the Supreme Court supported the internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent in concentration camps at the outbreak of WW II, a dissenting voice, (Continue Reading)
You get in the express line (15 items or less) at the grocery store behind an elderly person who clearly has a lot more than (Continue Reading)
One route to finding reality is the direct approach. For instance, do energy company executives bring women in to their conventions for the sexual entertainment (Continue Reading)
Truly a Basic feature of life. The magic number is 150. When I was reading a Malcolm Gladwell book I was fascinated by his diving (Continue Reading)
Personal responsibility is the slogan of Movement Conservatism, different from Republicanism. No doubt personal responsibility is the hallmark of a well-formed personality, but that begs (Continue Reading)
The response to my response to his response to……. I know. But that is the effect of the current handling. Consciously or subconsciously, they know (Continue Reading)