The Trump administration started out as: “This is not normal.” Each day seemed to bring a new norm ignored, tradition upended, or convention violated. Now, we seem to have entered a new phase: ”The walls are closing in.” This may … Continue reading
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We would like to believe that principles, ideals, our better angels dictate our behavior, but most of the time for most people the guiding star is self-interest. We may deny it or sugarcoat it, but even that dissembling is self-interested. … Continue reading
It is said that all philosophy come out of Plato. Apparently all punditry too, since his allegory of the Ship of Fools seems to perfectly describe today’s Ship of State and the government shutdown engineered by its hapless captain and … Continue reading