Nobody asked but … Iran is talking about agreeing to undergo international nuclear inspections? Really? When did they stop beating their wives? The problem here is that such an agreement is not worth the paper it is written on, rather it has vast negative costs. Let’s review how the UN supervised inspections of Iraq worked. …
Author: Kilgore Forelle
Detroit
Nobody asked but … I was just scanning the Google News headlines for today, when two particular stories caught my eye. One concerns a state-appointed financial manager for Detroit and the other concerns three shot dead in ” … the latest in a series of shooting incidents in the city.” As someone who was indirectly…
Re: Social Skills and Authoritarianism
Nobody asked but … Skyler, I very much agree that it takes no brain to to see the faults of grade segregation, but I think it takes a disciplined brain to see the better alternatives. Organized schooling in America, however, is eminently qualified for behavior requiring no brain. Collectivism negates the use of brains. It…
Authoritarianism
Nobody asked but … Is there anyone in your life for whom you would sacrifice your life, not dying for her but living for her in her stead? Is there any group for which you would devote your life without interruption and in perpetuity? It can’t be done, you say, and you are correct. Absolute…
Learn Something New, Every Day
Nobody asked but … I always asked, whenever I saw them, my children, my grandchildren, and now my great grandchildren, “What did you learn new today?” I wasn’t really after some specific answer, rather I was hoping to pass along the habit of inquiring. I often did get specific answers, and often I got two…
Re: The 5th of November
Nobody asked but … Parrish, it is precisely because, when men are driven to despair some will seek resolution in violence, that positive change is then made by those who practice non-violence but stern resistance. Four of the greatest positive changes in the 20th Century came from resistance and perseverance. Certainly humans have every reason…
Military Budget
Nobody asked but … How does the government appear to reduce the Pentagon’s budget, even when it is not? Any experienced sleight of hand artist can tell you in a millisecond. Separate the watchers’ gazes from the vulnerable behavior. Debate bringing the troops home while increasing mercenary contracts. Debate cutting wild-eyed research while sending it…
October
Nobody asked but … We are celebrating October the 35th today out at the farm. We will be celebrating until the end of Indian Summer. Last night, I celebrated the federally-granted early sunset with a cup of hot coffee on the front porch, watching the sun-tipped wild diorama of the flame-colored ridges. The only thing…
What Are the Odds?
Nobody asked but … Based on a 100% sample, we can expect to elect a good man without a destructive administration to the presidency once out of 44 attempts (2.27% of the time). This is Thomas Jefferson I’m talking about, and in actuality, he was not the ideal president — I just choose him because…
The Name Game
Nobody asked but … Don’t call it obamacare because that is not its name, and Obama doesn’t care. Don’t call it insurance because it is not. Don’t call it health because it is sickness. Don’t claim to understand it because nobody does. No one can possibly have a clue what it is about. Don’t talk…