A Thought on $44,000,000,000
Money is a very interesting entity. In my mind, it's one of the most amazing inventions in all of human history. Money is the embodiment of the abstract idea of…
A Thought on Books and Masks
Mandatory and forbidden. Is there a gap between those two? Is anything not mandatory therefore forbidden? Is anything not forbidden obviously mandatory? Book bans are in the headlines these days.…
A Thought on Writing About CRT
I really enjoyed working on yesterday's thought on CRT. It was the prime example of everything I love about writing this blog. I am a very normal person. I am…
A Thought on Critical Race Theory
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.Yogi Berra I saw an interview with the great Stephen Fry last year, and he said that…
A Thought on a Spanish Musical
I've been trying to get fluent in Spanish since I was pretty young. The problem is, I don't talk much. Not even in English. So I don't practice. So I…
A Second Thought on Renewing My Passport
Well, I feel silly. The government really stepped up, and I owe them an apology. Not for the process stuff, obviously. The process was dumb. But for my comments on…
A Thought on Traditionalists
I love quotes. I’ve been collecting my favorites for years. There are some pretty smart people who came before us and you can’t stand on the shoulders of giants without…
A Thought on Laws
I recently wrote about a couple of anecdotes on my family's history as landlords. I got to the end and realized that the real problem with the landlord/ tenant conflict…
A Thought on Landlords
In medieval Europe, all property was owned by the aristocrats. There was no such thing as a middle-class landlord. Middle class people couldn't own property. 99% of people were only…
A Thought on Humanness
I get what's being said here. I do. In the United States in particular, we have a "hustle" culture. Keep your nose to the grindstone, 80 hours a week, 3…