A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
P.J. O’Rourke
Archive for August, 2007
Quote: Government and Luck
Posted in quotations on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Quote: Thinking
Posted in quotations on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
William James
What Would My Great-Grandmother Think Of Me?
Posted in musing, tagged progress on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This question was asked by Mike Rohde in What Would My Great Grandfather Think of Me? article. It got me thinking. Mike talks about his grandfather and asks what he would think of the technological advances. I also thought, but what about societal advances? My great-grandmother lived into the 1970’s, so she saw a lot [...]
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The Nut Squad
Posted in commentary, tagged religion on August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent article by Robert Fulghum on his blog had the following quote that caught my eye. He had asked admittance to a mosque in Turkey, and was welcomed, regardless of his “religious persuasion”. He mused:
Islam, like Christianity, has its extremists, of course. And the nut squad of god seems to be evenly distributed among [...]
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