Whenever I hear a government employee, be it a bureaucrat or law enforcer, say anything to the effect of, “I’m just doing my job” as a response to someone criticizing their behavior, my immediate thought is that they’ve seemed to misplace their moral compass.
Day: July 16, 2017
A Dynamic Agreement
The motto in the graphic, when two words are changed, makes a good approximation for Voluntaryism — “voluntaryism” is the new subject, and substitute “anyone” for “someone.”
History–An Obsession with Drama Queens
I noticed something about “history” a long time ago. History is focused on the drama queens, not the quiet, mature people who made up most of the world’s population. And I suppose this is natural.
My Kid Learned More from Mario Maker than I Did from a Marketing Major
So my son builds these levels on the WiiU game Mario Maker. He’s posted some of his favorites to the network so others can play them and, if they like them, give them a star. He checked in the other night only to find two of his favorite creations had been removed from the network because they did not get enough stars in a given time span. Here comes the pain. And the learning.
Our Paranoid Society is Too Hard on Kids—and on Parents
Most of us who are, say, 50 or older, remember childhoods in which we were substantially free to wander within a reasonable distance of home. Our parents gave us rules, of course, but it was understood that roaming one’s community was part of the process of growing up. They didn’t worry about us unless we were late for dinner.