XLVII When you have learned to nourish your body frugally, do not pique yourself upon it; nor, if you drink water, be saying upon every occa...

 

During the Canadian truck protests, Elon Musk was reported to have established Starlink stations on top of trucks parked near the capitol, w...

Ukraine's defense has been bold and admirable; they have shown us that the Russian forces, even their elite forces, are structurally and...

XLVI Never proclaim yourself a philosopher, nor make much talk among the ignorant about your principles, but show them by actions. Thus, at ...

 Patreon has shut down donations to a Ukrainian defense group.  Wouldn't want them to use the money for any of those nasty violent weap...

 Not about immigration, of course, just about the defection of a large swath of formerly loyal Democratic voters to the GOP. I've alway...

XLV Does anyone bathe hastily? Do not say that he does it ill, but hastily. Does anyone drink much wine? Do not say that he does ill, but th...

Thirty-nine trucking businesses are shut down by the government.  So they’re protesters who — as far as we know — have not been charged with...

Those Javelin missiles Trump sent Ukraine turn out to work really well on Russian tanks. 

My reason for wanting to avoid war, shifting to containment rather than deterrence, is that it is strategically the only sensible move. We c...

The great, indeed grave, danger in Ukraine is that our politicians will talk themselves into trying to join the fight. Reportedly NATO has b...

XLIV These reasonings have no logical connection: “I am richer than you, therefore I am your superior.” “I am more eloquent than you, theref...

Canada has a parliament modeled on the British one, though the upper house of that parliament is called the Senate rather than "the Hou...

The Pentagon weighs in on that exercise question. 

A solid rebuke to the State Department on the Ukraine situation.

Enchiridion XLI had some commentary on the question of whether 'excessive' exercise is good or bad. Here is an opinion from Socrate...

XLIII Everything has two handles: one by which it may be borne, another by which it cannot. If your brother acts unjustly, do not lay hold o...

Sixty-five percent of Democrats told the Trafalgar Group so, anyway. I am not sure Americans fully understand how grave a violation of what...

 XLII When any person does ill by you, or speaks ill of you, remember that he acts or speaks from an impression that it is right for him to ...