March 25, 2013

Grasshopper Heaven, Worker Ant Hell

Do they still tell the story of the ant and the grasshopper to school kids? In this Aesop fable the fact that time changes conditions is illustrated, putting forth the idea that it is prudent to "make hay while the sun shines" even if there's more wo...

March 21, 2011

The Deadbeat Administration

One of my acquaintances had a son from a previous marriage. The father had been a deadbeat who, no matter how much he promised, never did what he said he would. She was one of those capable girls who thought she could take care of herself, somehow go...

January 3, 2011

Unpalatable Truths and Delicious Lies

If you want to insult someone, then tell him something he doesn't already know, even if it is true and for his benefit.  If you want to gain approval and successfully use people, then cover your intent with familiar language and ideas that are d...

December 3, 2010

Criminalization of Politics and the Scourge of Tom DeLay

I cannot help but notice the overwhelming silence from the GOP on the matter of ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's prosecution and trial. Ever since he was forced to step down back in 2005, he has been in a kind of limbo or worse. Two things stand ...

November 28, 2010

Bush the Elder -- Blue Blood or Big Baby?

It appears that wisdom does not always come with age. Sometimes old age arrives all by itself.Wisdom, it seems to me, is knowledge that has been emotionally assimilated. It occurs when the theoretical is realized through experience. You go through it...