I am in here.
I have slept through my springtime sleepiness, and am noticing things are settling into their warm-weather demeanor. The afternoon is sunny in a way that just doesn’t happen in January, regardless of the presence or lack of clouds. What is up with the world? I read earlier in the print edition of the WSJ that … Continue reading Mathematics and life
Two years younger than my son. Both victimizer and victim. Seen in The Command Post – Global War On Terror – 16 year-old suicide-bomber recruiter indicted Nasser Awartani, a 16-year-old operative of the Fatah’s al-Aqsa Brigades, was indicated today (Tuesday) at the military court in Samaria over recruiting of Palestinian suicide bombers. One of the … Continue reading Children play war
My father brought me up to revere General William Tecumseh Sherman, among others. In particular, he had me read the following letter that Sherman wrote to the mayor and city council of Atlanta, answering their request that he please not burn their city down. In it, he comes as close to saying “War is hell” … Continue reading War is hell.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. — Kurt Vonnegut
white pebble 