But it can be illuminating for two of us to compare masters. (more…)
And, as my mother used to tell me, none of us are going to make it out of this life alive.
Based on my experience, older women are nothing but trouble in dating relationships. Of course, YMMV.
So rules the 9th Circuit Court. Quelle surprise. (more…)
Is a gold digger. (more…)
“Union member fired for attempting to unionize union’s employees.”
A good thing. If this came to pass, there’s no telling where it would end.
Ray Bradbury thinks Kindles are only good for kindling.
And I have to admire someone who called Clinton what Bradbury called Clinton, even if I would not have used language that blunt myself.
I do worry about the pendulum overshooting and hitting me in the face.
Here is a short theory of the atonement. (more…)
From The Inheritance of Rome by Chris Wickham, p. 35:
But given the weight of tax, and the endemic injustice that marked the Roman system, it is not surprising that corruption should focus on it. Social critics, more numerous as the empire went Christian and and a radical fringe of moralists gained a voice, very frequently stress fiscal oppression in their invective; only judicial corruption and sexual behaviour were as prominent. This would last as long as the empire.
Something to think about if you were wondering how long certain current conservative concerns, mixed with Christian religion, have been and will be with us.
The message: “Read Ayn Rand.” (more…)
May simply be a failure to communicate. (more…)