Archive for 2012
Their choice, not ours
“I’m no longer willing to let them oppress people as they please for fear of war.” – Harry Truman, 1948 Are we dealing with threats to our national security appropriately? Have invasions and occupations of threatening nations yielded the needed results? Or, might there be another approach, a safer, less costly approach? And, if so, […]
Mediocre and entitled
“There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.” Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), American writer November 2007, KMGH television Denver Colorado – “To end complaints about the sometimes fierce competition among overachieving high school students, the Boulder (Colorado) Valley School District […]
Avoiding consequences
“Right is right, even if everyone
is against it; and wrong is wrong,
even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn, 1644-1718
founder of Pennsylvania