Thoughts for the season

Body Impolitic on dealing with the family aspect and oursin on the next stage.

A business

Jon Carroll on pushing drugs.

Haley Barbour reminds me

Abraham Lincoln fought to maintain central control, but his spiritual descendants insist he was opposing slavery. The Confederacy fought to maintain slavery, but their spiritual descendants insist they were opposing central control.

Illuminating

I don't want to become another dogmatist. I saw what happened to Ayn Rand and sweet Jesus forbid it should happen to me.

Interview in two parts with Robert Anton Wilson

How we got here

Human beings evolved over millions of years. I would know whether a deity guided the process if I could observe it from the outside.

Thanx to andrewducker for the link.

Our squamous economy

“It has tentacles as wide as anything I’ve seen”

Thanx to nancylebov

Habit

I had to give up drugs when they became, like exercise or dieting, something I would have to do every day.