"Iceberg Theory...a mediocre writer will crowd the pages with unnecessary descriptors and flowery language. A great writer will know the subject so well that they write only the essentials, while keeping the majority of their knowledge below the surface" https://t.co/paPF2A4hC8
CS Lewis said somewhere that it isn’t just that his friend died, it’s that the part of him that only his friend could bring out would never be brought out again.
People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right—especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.
Vanity Fair 5/5/20: “Team Trump is going all in on its Chinese lab conspiracy theory”
Vanity Fair 10/28/22: “…evidence of alarming biosecurity issues at the Wuhan [lab],” and new research “concludes that ‘a lab accident was most likely responsible for the pandemic’”
Nailed it
Perhaps it sounds a bit tinfoil-hatted to say, but there truly is something wrong with American food. Twice now I’ve spent an extended period in Europe, pounding grocery store baguettes and fine dining alike, then coming back in *better* shape than eating carefully stateside.
If you are serious about wanting to improve education, do not vote more money for the education establishment that has been dumbing down the schools for years. Vote for vouchers, tax credits, or anything else that will transfer decision-making power to parents.
Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.
The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices paid by others.
To my great surprise, I have arrived today at the grand old age of 43. I should like to take the opportunity to thank all my readers. Esp everyone who has followed me, read me, argued with me, hated me or agreed with me. I am grateful for you all. It has all been very interesting