Empowerment

“Empowerment” is a paternalist delusion. We can encourage, we can lend a hand, and we can make sure we’re not blocking the way, but we cannot transmit power. – E.O.

Security

“It became clear that for the sake of his pension, his life insurance, the security of his wife and children, such a man was ready to sacrifice his beliefs, his honor, and his human dignity. It needed only the Satanic genius of Himmler to discover that after such...

Pig Walked Away

“One evening in October, when I was one-third sober, An’ taking home a ‘load’ with manly pride; My poor feet began to stutter, so I lay down in the gutter, And a pig came up an’ lay down by my side;  Then we sang ‘It’s all fair weather when good fellows get...