“We won’t be here forever, and when we are gone we’ll be gone a long while.” —H.L. Mencken “And all the roads that lead you there were winding, And…
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“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” —Blaise Pascal Just when it seems our world must’ve surely reached peak Woke,…
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” —Herbert Spencer Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle is upset…
Awful Truth #1: Without freedom of speech, you shall lose all your other rights. [This was my first blog post and includes some minor edits from earlier versions. It may…
“What poses the greatest threat to our liberty is insult fundamentalism. It presupposes that feeling insulted is accompanied by a special right to react with violence, and it runs all…
I. “Am I dead?” You mean because of the light? “Well…yeah. Why are you smiling?” I’m sorry. No disrespect is intended. Most of you ask that same question. You know: Don’t walk toward the…
Awful truth #26: At some point a tragedy must be tragic. “Oh, how many mothers brandish their fists against the heavens and weep for the drowned sons they hold on…
Awful truth #25: Honest, hardworking adults deserve a decent life. An economic system that fails at this is doomed. “And the companies, the banks worked at their doom and they…
Awful truth #24: Just because technology can do something doesn’t mean it should. “Everyone believes in virtue, but who practices it?” —Balzac, Old Goriot “Scandals used to lend charm,…