This morning over coffee my wife asked me to explain the difference between communism and socialism. After some thought, it came to me. Communism is socialism that has metastasized.
Posted on October 11th, 2008 by pwyll
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Reason Magazine is running an article that begins If Florida had a Homeric epithet (think Hector, tamer of horses) it would be “Florida, wrecker of elections.” To Hades with “the Sunshine State.”
I’m not sure I understood the point of the article, but it got me looking for an old souvenir, one I hold dear. I [...]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by pwyll
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Here’s a clip of Jeremiah Wright, now famous as the pastor of Obama’s church. Some people say that Wright’s remarks are racist.
The Anchoress thinks otherwise.
What is going on here is a profound slight-of-hand, or an illusionist’s expert misdirection. You are being told to think you’re seeing one thing, when you’re actually seeing another. [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2008 by pwyll
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The Dangerous Book for Boys is selling pretty well. I haven’t read it, but the title made me think of some of the dangerous stuff I did as a kid. Here are a few incidents that come to mind.
I grew up in Tampa, home of the torrential summer afternoon thunderstorm. The city has [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2007 by pwyll
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Some years ago I was having lunch with two co-workers. One of them proposed a game of sorts, that we share our “true spirit names”. Oddly enough, I had one. This is the story of how I came by that name.
A friend had invited me to his wedding, which was to be held in Trinidad [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2007 by pwyll
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I heard on TV that police intend to go through cell phone records and email in order to understand why Cho Seung Hui killed a bunch of people at Virginia Tech.
Who could have imagined the police would do that? When I first heard this reported as if it were news, I thought [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2007 by pwyll
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