Original anecdotes, commentary, rumination, and occasional pontification.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 – When I was young and ambitious, I wanted to influence the world. Now that I’m old and contemplative, I want to understand it. But how? I’ve developed a three-part prescription: READ GOOD BOOKS. In the first place, a non-fiction book, as opposed to most any other media (e.g. podcast; film documentary) …
JULY 17, 2019 – Last week while walking the neighborhood, I encountered a new neighbor. I stopped to chat. We soon discovered many common interests. In the course of talking, the neighbor told a “small world” story. Then I told two, sufficiently linked to count as one. They (it) went like this: For high school, …
JUNE 17, 2019 – Elizabeth Warren has become the “ideas” candidate for president. One of her ideas is forgiveness of student debt, paid for by taxing the assets of the super-rich, not the merely rich. I love the electoral simplicity of this idea: free stuff for the masses, ergo lots of political benefit; whopping price …