Gov. Rick Snyder frequently claims how his administration is “transparent”, “open” and “honest”. But every time he does, I’m reminded of that wonderful quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.…
In politics–as in business or sports–there is more than one way to come out on top. If you’re a person of honor, solid moral character, and talent, then you work hard, compete vigorously and fairly, and succeed on your merits. But…
News of the loss of a good friend reached me today. Ryan B. Squires passed away three years ago on this date, but it has taken until today for this sad and surprising realization to hit me. And it knocked the…
Sam Harris has created a simple, but effective template for how to believe in God that he fit easily into six tweets, which are shown below. I’ve added brief commentary to each step. 1. First, you must want to believe in…
The headline of a Slate article about a “Good woman with a gun” caught my eye this afternoon: Good woman with a gun shoots up Home Depot parking lot trying to take down suspected shoplifters The 47-year-old woman had a concealed…
Several months ago, I blogged So long and thanks for all the fish about leaving my job at Dell Software (who had acquired Quest Software). At the time I said little about what I was planning to do, other than I was…
Twenty years ago today, just about this time of day (slightly before 8 AM PDT), my rope team and I reached the rim of the Mount Rainier summit crater. I wrote in some details about that Mt. Rainier Summit Climb two years ago, on…
How did you parse the title of this post? Did you apply the adjective “misguided” to “welfare recipient”? Or did you apply it to “welfare recipient drug testing”? It’s funny how we always hear about government being too big, about how we need to get government out of…
Do you know about the Up-Goer Five word making thing? It is an interesting idea to write using only the ten hundred most used words. It is not easy, but it really forces you to focus on what to say.…
Surprise! Not. George Zimmerman, once again, is back in the news for a story involving the (mis)use of firearms. This time, it was Mr. Zimmerman on the wrong end of the gun. And with an ironic twist normally reserved for soap operas or…