THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG
Most of you are familiar with the fairy tale about the goose that laid a golden egg.
It did so on a regular basis and brought a steady flow of wealth to its owner until it was disemboweled to get to the source. It died and produced no more golden [...]
DIPLOMACY & PUBLIC OPINION
In a democratic society, in which actions are taken based on decisions made not by individuals but by consensus, compromises are made until acceptable conclusions leading to action are accepted.
This seems obvious and should require no elaborate explanation of how democracy works.
However, the conclusions that are reached never satisfy all the parties [...]
HURRICANES AND SUCH
I started this BLOG in November 2007 and it has been my intention to terminate it after two years. It’s not because I am bored with it or that I do not have sufficient material to continue it.
Life is full of choices and there are many priorities that clamor for attention:
E-mails [...]
DICTATORSHIP
There are two steps necessary for an impending dictatorship
The first is to silence opposing views. Today it can be achieved by controlling the media: television, radio and the Internet.
Any system through which those with opposing views can gauge the extent of dissention in society must be eliminated.
Revolutions are not undertaken by a [...]
I receive many e-mails asking why I don’t post articles to this log more often.
The reason is that like most people I find that the trivia that one encounters in everyday living consumes time that could be better spent in creative pursuits
I write when I encounter either ignorance or stupidity so [...]
