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My friend Nancy quoted me a bit of extreme wisdom: “Making policy without studying history is like planting cut flowers.”
Bingo. Much of what passes for policy today is an attempt to get the bouquet and beauty of flowers without any messy work with seeds, roots, and dirt.
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We already have a traditional home security system; but I’m a nerd so can’t resist the new gadgets. The sandbox for my experiment is Mary’s currently unprotected vegetable garden. Despite a fence, it is subject to immediate attack by critters unknown whenever a leaf pokes above the dirt. Nothing More...
We all know the Chinese proverb:
“You give a poor man a fish and you feed him for a day. You teach him to fish and you give him an occupation that will feed him for a lifetime.”
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, thinks that robots will do all the More...
That’s our role with respect to our daughters; I have two. Father’s Day reminds me of this, but it’s been known since antiquity.
We’re supposed to be very tough, protect the vulnerable young ladies from any and all threats. Locking a girl up in a tower may be a bit extreme; but, if you re More...
The question is which civilians when and where.
“US military reports 484 civilian deaths by US-led coalition attacks, but outside monitors put the number much higher,” says an Aljazeera More...
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