–Our idea of a bad day and what a bad day is can be quite at odds–At first it seemed like one of those days where nothing goes right. The new checks I ordered had the bank’s old name and they wouldn’t redo the order unless I paid a fee. The prescription they sent had…

–We ought never to be inured to the hunger of others–I turned on the TV, it was on CNN, I don’t know what program, but I know the head of a village in Afghanistan was talking to a young woman apparently making a documentary. He said that he thought 40% of the villagers just had…

–It’s easy to be against taxes and against government, but Somalia can be a lesson—Now that we’ve paid our federal taxes, getting reading for the next round of property taxes, and in a state like California are being subjected to an increase in sales tax, it’s easy to be angry and question the whole principle.…