Ruling

In ’37 Stalin made a hash
Of party loyalists and army brass.
Decimation: One in ten are shot.
What’s the word when one in ten are not?

Stasi’s delight

 Ruling
Aug 162018
 

Secret police at all times and places have been delighted by the size and enthusiasm of their volunteer auxiliaries.

 Permalink  Lying, Ruling
Jul 302018
 

So the last shall be told that they are first, and the first that they are last: for many be hectored, but few persuaded.

 Permalink  Ruling, Thinking
Jul 052018
 

We are exhorted to ask cui bono?, yet cui malo? is often the more penetrating question.

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Jun 292018
 

A government of laws, not of men, requires suitable men.

 Permalink  Ruling, Thinking
Jun 142018
 

To the problem of different opinions political science offers two solutions, idealism and realism. Idealism: different opinions should not exist. Realism: different opinions do not exist.

 Permalink  Ruling
Jun 062018
 

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
DIVERSITY BRINGS US TOGETHER

 Permalink  Ruling
May 222018
 

The point of a special day for airing grievances is that all the other days are not.

 Permalink  Ruling, Schooling
Apr 032018
 

Successful pedagogy requires the right students; successful governance, the right populace.

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Mar 282018
 

The cure for any political ideology is to live under it for a while.