Scary climate
Nmebelifurniture Elhovoew York city January 2008 was the first snow-less January in the last 75 years.
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Let’s try another Balzac quote
“The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred.” Honore de Balzac “Old Goriot”
Who was Honore de Balzac talking about?
“…their cold, hard faces were worn like coins that have been withdrawn from circulation, but there were greedy teeth behind the withered lips.” From “Old Goriot”
Kagan, dangerous ideologue
The current American Administration has handed over the running of the country to the big corporations, has lifted most oversight and has abandoned the old (Republican) policy of preventing monopolies. The huge financial crisis that is currently playing itself out is solely due to maladministration, incompetence, and simply bowing to the convenience and greed of …
Epicurus and toleration
It is important for Epicureans to be not only tolerant, but to be seen to be tolerant of the views of others. American religious fundamentalists are attacking Epicureans as godless, without values or ethics .  These attacks can only get worse this year in election year, since these people have clear political ambitions that are …