Mark Twain “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.”
Confucius “A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Globalization And Genocide »
There are several dimensions to the “ignored reality” of the Holocaust examined by Timothy Snyder in his essay in the latest issue of The New York Review. Most important is his observation that “many if not more Jews were killed by bullets as by gas,” stressing that, for example, the factory-like [...]
CHUTZPAH with Military Rhetoric »
One of the best ways to win a Chutzpah of the Week award is by speaking truth to power, and speaking truth to military power requires a special kind of chutzpah. National Security Advisor James L. Jones seems to have that chutzpah when it comes to military planning in Afghanistan; [...]
Worth the Pound? »
What price royalty? Back in the days of Beyond the Fringe, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore took a light-hearted approach to this question in the “Royal Box” sketch. This is the one in which Moore goes to the same theater every night and pays for a seat from which he [...]
“The Lord is My Shepherd” … And He’s Packin’ Heat! »
I take some comfort in the ability of the BBC to give equal time to “news of the weird” coming from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. However, without trying to play up any nationalistic pride, when it comes to weirdness, I am willing to bet that Fundamentalist Christianity will always [...]
Pushers’ CHUTZPAH »
Chances are that not many readers will be familiar with the name of this week’s Chutzpah of the Week award recipient unless, like myself, they use Reuters as one of their resources for financial news. The recipient’s name is Joe Kinahan, and I selected him on the basis of a Reuters [...]
The “Organic” Metaphor »
Barnaby Thieme has been doing some interesting reading, and his decision to share that reading with the San Francisco Social Network has led me down a path I had not previously considered. His source is Joseph Kerman’s essay, “How We Got into Analysis, And How to Get Out Again,” which [...]
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