by E.O. | Aug 5, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Making it illegal to pay less than a given amount does not make a worker’s productivity worth that amount—and, if it is not, that worker is unlikely to be employed. Yet minimum wage laws are almost always discussed politically in terms of the benefits they confer on...
by E.O. | Aug 4, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
I voted for Donald Trump, knowing I would regret it, but only because I knew I would regret the Democratic choice even more. This is the state of politics in the U.S. today. We know it’s possible for a nation to do worse, but there is a heavy price for doing worse....
by E.O. | Aug 3, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“We are stewards of the lives that he has given us. An important implication of seeing our authority this way is the limit that it places on those who make choices for us when we cannot. At some point in our lives, many of us will be too sick or confused to make...
by E.O. | Aug 2, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. This natural beauty-hunger is made manifest in the little windowsill gardens of the poor, though perhaps only a geranium...
by E.O. | Aug 1, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Here are a few noncontroversial findings from the [U.S. Energy Department] report—based on peer-reviewed literature from recent years— that might surprise Times readers. Global warming has risks, but also benefits, including greater agricultural productivity. We...
by E.O. | Jul 31, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Crooked things may be as stiff and inflexible as straight: and men may be as positive in error as in truth.” – John Locke
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