A life in words

  • It Cuts Deep

    Mwa ha ha, you fools! You thought it mattered who gets elected this fall! Oh that’s funny! Okay, so it does matter. A lot. But some things are likely to stay the same. From foreignpolicy.com’s “Passport” blog.

  • Driven by Cruelty

    Strange how a nation whose people pride themselves so much in fair treatment of each individual can be so driven by cruelty against those they refuse to understand. Here’s an honest assessment by the Wall Street Journal: Mormons Dismayed by Harsh Spotlight.

  • Immigration’s Economic Key

    Problems With the Romney Plan Mitt Romney’s plan to end illegal immigration worries me. In particular, this point bodes ill for the economy: Encourage Legal Immigration. Streamline the system to recruit and retain skilled workers and welcome the best and the brightest from around the world to our universities. To begin with, we already get…

There is nothing I dread so much, as a division of the Republic into two great Parties, each arranged under its leader and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This in my humble apprehension is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson, 2 Oct 1780