I am reading a very interesting book edited by Robert Cowley, “What if?: The World’s Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been“.
It is an anthology of essays that look into historic events which would have had drastic consequences for the way we live today if some small event had not happened.
Ignoring the entire point […]
This is a prime example of why I started ‘Blogging’.
A near-miss of two airplanes last week has started a frenzy of fear.
A pilot acknowledged his ATC transmission to ‘hold short’ but didn’t.
So, Mary Peters, the US Transportation Secretary, at 10:45am January 14th 2008 during an interview on FOX news, said that the plans are to update […]
Once you cross the ‘line’- no matter which line, it becomes easier and easier to repeat that crossing- particularly if there are no consequences.
This applies to borders, to the decisions regarding honesty, to taking that pad and pencil from work or to behavior.
Lines are something like fences, but being invisible they are a lot easier […]
If you are concerned about the permissiveness, the lack of personal responsibility and the probable cause of ‘road rage’ in today’s society, I lay the blame on the doorstep of Dr. Benjamin Spock.
Dr Spock came upon the scene with the best-selling book of all time other than the Bible, “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child […]
I don’t intend to use this Blog for news reporting nor do I intend to analyze the news as it is happening.
My interest is in the trends that have shaped our thinking and consequently our actions.
Last night we had friends over for dinner and afterward, we as most people are doing today, were discussing what […]
