Trying to cut through and parse the rhetorical bedlam of current U.S. politics can be taxing to the point of painful. A useful tool is the advice a dear departed friend, who read voraciously and talked volubly, proffered whenever I lost track of what she was on about: “Listen to what I mean, not to what I say.”… Read the rest
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato (427–347 BC) wrote: “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” For those whose participation includes choosing from the bloating melange of mediocrity being offered for the upcoming effort to preserve American democracy, it might help to apply the Latin word, “colligere , the origin of the word “cull”.… Read the rest