Author: ask

What’s going on out there? He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent which will reach to himself. – Thomas Paine...

“Politics, noun. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” –Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

I came across what in my opinion is a surprising survey this morning.  It reveals a stunning increase in the awareness on climate change among the populations of 47 participating nations (for list, see footnote in pdf-doc...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato.

This would probably had gone in the News Bucket, if we had one today. But I have not seen it blogged anywhere – so let’s put it out there. I caught this headline in The Guardian this morning: Want peace? Then live in...