The Puritans labored, not to persuade God to elect them — that was decided — but to show the neighbors that He had. Status trumps Grace.
Nov 042015
Nov 032015
The mark of envy is not harsh criticism, but tepid praise.
Nov 022015
The same ideas are used to exonerate the guilty and to punish the innocent.
Oct 302015
Historical figures are vectors, with magnitude and direction.
Oct 292015
All are born earnest; a few achieve frivolity.
Oct 282015
Therapy encourages the patient to think and talk about himself — which is what induced him to seek therapy.
Oct 272015
The government that robs Peter to pay Paul can surprisingly often rely on the support of Peter.
Oct 262015
Man begins by treating objects as agents; then he grows scientific, and treats agents as objects.
Oct 232015
That poverty causes crime may be doubted: what is certain is that crime causes poverty.
Oct 222015
Taste not, want not.