Pizzey's Perch

The mid-term elec­tions hav­ing defied pre­dic­tions and avoid­ed cat­a­stro­phe, it would be a wise deci­sion for the U.S. and a wel­come relief for the rest of the world, if Amer­i­cans heed an obser­va­tion from one of their most tren­chant home­spun philoso­phers, Mark Twain: “The right word may be effec­tive, but no word was ever as effec­tive as a right­ly timed pause.”… Read the rest