quality of life

Facebook’s Yawning Arrogance

It has been a long time since I was last reminded how small and insignificant I am — thank you, Facebook. I suppose that I too could refuse to accept all mail and refuse as well to be contacted in any way. And I could pretend at the same time to be a friendly entity that encourages people to communicate with one another.

The Meaning of Doing the Right Thing

This morning’s random reading over coffee brought together two articles under one theme. The first was Maria Popova’s “The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream.” Immediately upon absorbing that piece I opened “The Right Right Thing to Do” by Irene McMullin. The Meaning of Life Dostoevsky didn’t allege that he personallyContinue reading “The Meaning of Doing the Right Thing”

James Michener published a slim volume in 1970, The Quality of Life. He wrote, however, of matters that affected people in general, America specifically, and all of us according to groups or group identities, or as Eric Hoffer characterized us: the masses. Michener is a splendid novelist and one of my all-time favorites. In TheContinue reading “Quality of Life”

Four Little Words

It’s time Americans remembered the miracles possible within that blessing called society and the limitations of an institution based on nothing more than consolidated brute force…

Henry George

An email message from Poland, received February 4, spurred some research on my part. My correspondent, Dr. Olgierd Górecki, a faculty member at the University of Łódź, Departament of Law and Administration, had discovered this site dedicated to A. J. Nock and was writing to ask for help in locating a copy of Nock’s book-lengthContinue reading “Henry George”