Can we veer off the easy road to vitriol?
I want to understand conservatives rather than merely vilify them.
A Little More Time In St. Louis
I enjoy hanging out with locals because I get to learn a lot more about the places I visit.
In the Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was Money
“As humanity perfects itself, man becomes degraded.
When everything is reduced to the mere counter-balancing of economic interests, what room will there be for virtue?
When Nature has been so subjugated that she has lost all her original forms, where will that leave the plastic arts?
And so on. In the meantime, things are going to get very murky.”
– Gustave Flaubert
When Comedians Are Serious And Politicians Are A Joke
“Everything is changing,” Will Rogers said nearly a century ago. “People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”