SOUND BITES OF REALITY (not bits of mutiny-on-the-Bounty) The General McChrystal affair is clearly a case of sound bites of reality, rather than one of mutiny-on-the-Bounty. It reveals the disconnection between the realities on the ground in Afghanistan, and the
June 28, 2010
NEVER MURPHY’S LAW DISDAIN (it will kick your ass if you do – every time) With any inherently dangerous enterprises such as coal mining and deep-ocean oil drilling, one should never Murphy’s Law disdain. It’s an immutable one, and
A RISING – PRIVILIGENTSIA– IN AMERICA (everyone is equal – some are just more equal than others) Despite the underlying egalitarian foundations of our republic, we’ve always had a class of economic and social elites. Most of the founders of