Wittgenstein produced the best reason for learning a second (or third, or fourth) language:“The boundaries of my language are the boundaries of my world.”…“Our language…
Inauguration 2025
Posted on 0 commentMaybe it’s time for us to take a page from the Trump script for ‘making America great again.’ After all, he took our descriptor, Fake…
What do you see? (L.A. January 2025)
Posted on 0 commentThe fires in and around Los Angeles are absolutely terrifying. Utterly heartbreaking. There is no responsible way to discuss these fires without acknowledging the almost…
The Administrative State?
Posted on 0 commentThe growth of a bureaucracy in America (and in all Western democracies) is a direct result of the people’s will. If my town’s river is…
Greenland? Panama Canal Zone?
Posted on 0 commentSo now America is to become what Putin has made of Russia: a resurgent empire having learned absolutely nothing from history.
A thought…
Posted on 0 commentI just had a thought, which, after reflecting, is not at all far-fetched.It is 2026. The GOP has the trifecta. Trump is unstable and has…