In or out. Here or there. This or that. One or the other. It is easy to make distinctions between people, concepts, ideas, or objects by placing them into categories. The act of defining something…
Posts TaggedPolitics
Core strength
In the absence of technology, you’ll be left working with your hands, heart, and brain. You might as well develop them.
Culture matters
I recently received my monthly issue of Monocle and was excited to see their annual Quality of Life Survey for cities worldwide. The 2016 Survey captures the “elements that define superior cities–and why a bit…
Honing and sharpening
I took a set of knives to the market yesterday to have them sharpened and I overheard the clerk describe the difference between honing and sharpening to another customer. I previously thought that the two…
Defenestration
The word defenestration is not something that one sees very often. I remember the word specifically being used during a European history class that I took in college. Defenestration is the act of throwing someone…
Taking the lead
“In fact, the uproar of radios, traffic noises, the signs and people lulled him. They blotted out his inner worries. And it was pleasurable to be peddled along by another human being, to feel the…