“One study of twenty years of data in the United States concluded that “the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”4” ― Geoff Mulgan, Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence… Read More ›
“I probably didn’t share his feelings – he hoped, really, that I didn’t – but he was no longer interested in socialising; in fact, increasingly he found other people positively bewildering. The interesting ones are like islands, he said: you… Read More ›
“There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville My writing has been a little erratic this summer and for that, I apologize. As we emerge… Read More ›
“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations The education world is… Read More ›
“Childhood is a time of curiosity and peril, and nobody comes out of it unscarred.” ― Liz Phair, Horror Stories: A Memoir It was time. Twelve years and 177K miles after purchase, my 2005 Saturn Vue gave up the… Read More ›
“This story was made up by his neighbours not because they were fanciful or wanted to deceive, but like most tittle-tattle to fill a gap, as few like to confess ignorance, and if people are asked about such or such… Read More ›
“The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.” ― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow Earlier in the week, I… Read More ›
“So many Americans felt that their neighbor had no right to know more than they did.” ― John Dos Passos, Midcentury Last Friday was the first in at least 5 years that I didn’t write. Adulting got in the… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 