Let Me Say It Again
A French author, Gide (1869-1951) won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Quotation
Humble Heroes
An old friend of mine, Jerry could be really profound. He was speaking of my site HeroicStories. Another of his quotes…
Unlike the Clowns We Have for Politicians
An Irish reporter’s take on the British Royal Family after Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, went public with why they left the U.K.
Worth Remembering
Another Durantism: “Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.” — and he ought to know.
Sometimes
Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
The Only Way
One of the reasons I “Throw myself out there” daily: my professional writing career started in 1999.
Folly
Happy New Year. This thought doesn’t just “still” apply today, it’s a more and more vital thought as time goes by.
Election Eve
Benn was a British writer and publisher. His father, John Benn, was a politician, and so was his nephew, Tony Benn.
To Overthrow a King
This is one of the reasons I work so hard to get people to do a little more thinking: I want society to remember how to when we need it. And boy do we need it.
NASA’s Job
The full context of this quote, from my eulogy of Jerry in 1999: