“Government doesn’t provide services to rich people”
“Government doesn’t provide services to rich people,” Mike Genest, the state’s finance director, said on a conference call with reporters on Friday. “It doesn’t even really provide services to the middle class.” –New York Times
“When torture was all the fault of poor, ugly hillbillies…”
It’s funny that when torture was all the fault of poor, ugly hillbillies of the sort David Brooks writes about in his Adventure Stories for Young Aristocrats, we had to throw the book at the evil-doers. Now that important figures…
When experts go wrong
“When experts get something big wrong, it’s not time to abandon the whole idea of expertise or technical competence; it’s time either to get a new batch of experts, or to ensure that those who got things wrong understand their…
The alternate universe of Indiana community bankers
“To spend time with these Indiana community bankers is to step into an alternate universe, where everything sounds a little strange because it makes perfect sense. You hear things like, “If you don’t understand the risk you’re taking, don’t take…
Sheila Kennedy on Star Trek vs 24
“What I always loved about all of the Star Treks was what I call the kumbaya quotient, the multi-ethnic, multi-species crew of men and women working together on the bridge, concerned with the ethical dimensions of their decisions and seeing…
