I recently read the book “The Mists of Avalon” by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I didn’t just read it, but I read the entire series in chronological order including all the other books written by Diane Paxton. She did a good job of filling in backhistory and such, but I’m not entirely sure she took it [...]
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!”, but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. – Voltaire
Conservative Republicans in America aren’t the only one that know that socialism ultimately leads to economic failure, popular misery and national rebellion: Even socialists don’t like socialism Next time someone tells you that national health care is the answer to all our health care woes, and that Europe has the answer, remind them of choice [...]
Recently, I saw on a bumper sticker the following quote: “I’ll keep my freedom, guns and money. You can keep the “change.” Obama promised a more transparent and open administration. We have yet to see one single shred of this emerge. He is using the same tactics that Bush did to keep Americans in the [...]
“You can delegate authority, but you can’t delegate responsibility.” For those of you who didn’t get it right off the bat, here’s an example. For those of you who think the example is idiotic after the first sentence, just skip it and go to the second. You run a soup kitchen. You delegate the authority [...]
“Those willing to give up a little liberty for a little security deserve neither security nor liberty.” – Benjamin Franklin