A life in words

  • Standing Against the Tide

    [I’m not going to cite sources. I’m just going to give my thoughts.] Many people believe that the United States should execute a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq. I disagree. Indeed, I think that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard! The Wrong Time to Withdraw There’s little debate about whether our reasons for going…

  • A Return to Blogism

    My good friend Michelle pointed out with disappointment that I hadn’t posted anything to my blog for months. I made her what I hoped wouldn’t become a hollow promise: to post, or, in other words, to return to blogism. Well, Michelle, here it is. The Past I’ve been spending a lot of time lately transcribing…

  • Followup Links

    These links seem relevant to my previous post: Myths and Realities of the George Bush Presidency Incumbent Politicians vs. The Long Tail [Very interesting initial analysis, though he goes a bit weird with the Virtual Federalism thing] The World Has Changed, Why Won’t the Fund and the Bank? [On the relevance of the World Bank…

Of a commonwealth, whose subjects are but hindered by terror from taking arms, it should rather be said, that it is free from war, than that it has peace. For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character….Baruch Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus V.4, 1670, trans. A. H. Gosset 1883