“We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies.” Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn’t abandon an untenable position.” ― Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort… Read More ›
Education
ROUND 3 IS NOW UNDERWAY
“I sometimes think we must be all mad and that we shall wake to sanity in strait-waistcoats.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula “If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a… Read More ›
WHEN LIFE EMULATES AN ICEBREAKER
“We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.” ― John Wesley “Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it… Read More ›
TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet “Where’s jazz going? I don’t know. Maybe it’s… Read More ›
RUNAWAY TRUCK AHEAD
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.” ― Winston S. Churchill “A Native American elder once described his own… Read More ›
IN THE WORDS OF DOLLY PARTON, HERE YOU COME AGAIN…
“What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?” ― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas “Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick… Read More ›
POLITICAL ROPE-A-DOPE
“Honest people don’t hide their deeds.” ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights “Nobody lives forever, nobody stays young long enough. My past seemed like so much excess baggage, my future a series of long goodbyes, my present an empty flask, the… Read More ›
ANOTHER ROLL ON THE HAMSTER WHEEL
“Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.” ― Karin Slaughter, Fractured “A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a… Read More ›
THE ANTI-SUCK BUTTON VS FUNDING AN EMOTIONAL BANK ACCOUNT
“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.” ― Molière “When I was… Read More ›
IN FOR A DIME, IN FOR A DOLLAR…or 5 MILLION OF THEM
“He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 