Observations: Physical,
Political, and Otherwise
A squadron of sparrows launching from the nearby trees into synchronized
descent about the birdbath, a complex fluttering dance, an aerial ballet of
faith and physics...
It's not that so many of the very rich make so much money
that offends one's moral sensibility, it's that so many of them spend so much
of it on themselves.
I have lived my life with my head high in the
clouds, yet I've kept my feet firmly planted on the ground, a posture which,
while affording an occasional fleeting glimpse of a distant epiphany, results
in tremendous pains in the back and neck.
Economic observation: It's not entirely true that a rising
tide lifts all boats. In fact, it swamps a multitude of smaller craft.
Bar room vignette: looking to spark a
conversation he asked her what her sign was, and she responded, "No
Trespassing."
Bar room vignette (politically incorrect version):
looking to spark a conversation he asked her what her sign was, and she responded,
"For Rent."
...an ingenious ignorance, born of a principled
refusal...
I view my life rather as a lengthy exposition of
the self-evident, often tedious, occasionally profound.
What I call my conservatism is, in reality, just
my earlier liberalism scarred by experience.
Society does not exist for the creation of
profit; profit exists for the creation of society.
...the Saint Columbianus Home for Retired and
Recovering Heretics....
Sartre posited that "existence precedes
essence." I would say rather that "existence is the education of
essence." (...and on the basis of that principle continue the experiment of my
life?...)
It is not necessary to submit capitalism
to the norms of distributive justice; properly ordered capitalism is the norm of distributive justice.
A genuinely free society must chose
between the only two possible solutions to the vexing problem of "income
inequality," taxation or philanthropy.
Education in a free society must first of all be civic education, early, profound, and enduring.
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