“Corporation, n.: an ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.” -Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary, 1911 The only thing shocking about the recent incident involving Volkswagen lying about the emissions of their so-called “clean diesel” vehicles is that…
Month: September 2015
Democracy at the Crossroads
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” -Winston Churchill It is the fundamental human assumption that one lives at the time of terminal understanding of the world, the universe, and human affairs. This, I think,…
Several Counter-Intuitive Things I’m Thinking Today
It’s gonna be roundup-style today, kids. The loose thread tying it together is that I’m thinking things I think most people I know might disagree with. The snarky among you are saying “Why should today be unlike any other day?”…
Europe’s Migrant Crisis is America’s Fault
Even in the typically self-absorbed and America-centric American press, the magnitude of the migrant crisis sweeping Europe has been the top story lately. There is something about a throng of humanity camping out in a train station because of being…