To constitute a man

"In this country, where his opposition to the corruptions of government has raised him so many adversaries, and such a swarm of unprincipled hirelings have exerted themselves in blackening his character, and in misrepresenting all the transactions and incidents of his life, will it not be a most difficult, nay, an impossible task, for posterity, … Continue reading To constitute a man →

Le Pacifique… C’est beauté

The Union of the Pacific looks really good (if not super good) in comparison: UP, in the acronym. Anyway, as you please. ■More

The American Crises

Thomas Paine wrote some 13 papers titled "The American crisis". His editor, Moncure Daniel Conway wrote, "a number of political pamphlets had appeared in London, I775-I776, under general title of " The Crisis." By the blunder of an early English publisher of Paine's writings, one essay in the London "Crisis " was attributed to Paine, … Continue reading The American Crises →

The toolbox Poland

Born in Poland — and nobody ever has choice on the time and place — you cannot change your citizenship, unless the President allows. The President's resolve cannot be appealed.

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A Shapely and Handsome Fable, chapter 5

The ancients speculated there would have been some form of feedback between the God’s Instrument or True Being and the partible world, where philosopher Shapely added rhyme. ■More