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Fear Confers Power, and Power Corrupts - Part 2
What current generations think of as ancient history is as alive as yesterday to those of us who lived through it. A long time ago...
sursumcorda, 1 March 2021 |
Fear Confers Power, and Power Corrupts
I like the Viva Frei video law blog, in part because although David Freiheit pulls no punches he is also generally happy, positive,...
Positive Mask Thoughts
I'm a bona fide mask agnostic. I've always considered wearing a mask a small thing to do to make other people feel more...
In the Court of Public Opinion, We Are All Vigilantes
O. J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, George Zimmerman, Donald Trump ... pick your favorite villain. There's someone out there who you are...
Humble Pi
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker (Riverhead Books (2020) My sister-in-law and I don't often...
Fully Vaccinated
I posted previously some of the reasoning behind our decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine . Here's how it played out. Initially I...
Can I Hear an "Amen"?
Is this poking the bear? It's not original; I found it and it made me laugh. We need some laughs!
Best Post-Op Instructions, Ever
Yesterday I had a tooth extracted. I was sent home with a bewildering list of do's and don'ts, but the one I remember best is...
Leaphorn and Chee Update
I reviewed Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee detective novels after reading just three of them. This week I completed the...
How Many Times Do I Have to Say It?
I'm beginning to sound like a mother: How many times do I have to tell you...? I said it in my review of George...
The Bill of Rights
With the Fifth Amendment to our Constitution now joining the First and Second under attack, it's time for a brief review of the first...
Remember the Fifth Amendment?
What does it say when a Canadian lawyer is more concerned about violations of the U. S. Constitution than we are? This one's...
Discipline Equals Freedom
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willink (St. Martin's Press, 2017) I watched an interview with Jocko Willink...
Start Smart Money Management Early
Concerned as I am with our society's loss of a culture of saving , when I found this short but accurate video on helping kids develop...
The 100 Most Nutritious Foods
This is from the BBC, perhaps more trustworthy than some news sites? Pretty funny, anyway. Scientists studied more than 1,000...
Reading History
They say it's the winners who write the history books, implying that what has been written is untrue. Nonsense. What it does mean is...
Facebook: The Challenge, Part 5 -- Taking Action
It's time to stop shilly-shallying. It's been more than two months since I last posted my ruminations on what to do about Facebook....
Suing the Government
No, not our government, though part of me thinks it might not be such a bad idea. A Québécois lawer is suing the...
A Hymn for the New Year
I enter this new year feeling unsettled and, I must admit, somewhat fearful. The best I can offer you on this day (but it is...
Madness
Fitbit
For the record, I decided to stop using my Fitbit at least a week before they announced the sell-out to Google. First, it started...
Quebec's Curfew
Never have I been so close to wanting to acquire a gun ... and a dog . Just kidding. Mostly. If you know me, you are well...
Big Tech, Big Brother
I've never liked Apple. No, that's not true. A very long time ago, in a small room at the University of Rochester's Goler House, we were...
We Can Do Better
Remember what I said in my recent review of Nineteen Eighty-Four ? Most of the analyses I read online consider the climax of...
Vaccine Worries
After about 40 minutes each Thursday morning (and much earlier work by Porter), we're signed up to get the Moderna vaccine next week....