“If it’s a choice between a difficult truth and a simple lie, people will take the lie every time. Even if it kills them.” ― Paul Murray It’s been a difficult week, but not for the suspected reasons. This… Read More ›
Month: November 2023
What’s Behind The Curtain
“I believe it is worth writing to remind ourselves of what we can’t know. To remind ourselves that certainty is dangerous. That factual knowledge of the world casts only a small light. Fiction is necessary because it seems to me… Read More ›
There Are No Stupid Questions…Only Political Objections
“It offended her that the past could intrude so literally on the present yet never return.” ― James Hannaham, Delicious Foods This is one of those weeks where I struggle to identify who presents the biggest threat – those… Read More ›
No Peace In The Valley
“But people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they’ll call you a trouble-maker and get rid of you and never give you your job back, even if what you… Read More ›
Same Monkeys At the Wheel
“People who say, ‘Let the chips fall where they may,’ usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.” ― Bernard Williams You walk outside your house and see a monkey driving erratically in a blue car. You… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 