Archive for May, 2007
It never fails to amaze me how often people dismiss the intangibles in war. Even when they speak of morale, it’s as a secondary element to their military force’s combat capability.
I’ll posit that most people accept the following as true: You win a fight – or a war – when one side gives up. While [...]
Weeding – more properly known as deselection – is one of those serious bones of contention in the library business. Setting aside the difficulty of explaining why this is necessary to the general public, within our business there is a range of opinions as to what the ‘true criteria’ should be — for what reasons [...]
There are actually several people vying to be the GOP candidate for president, despite the fact only three have tended to show up in the news. Well, except for when one of the others gets a snickering sidebar at a debate or something. For a variety of reasons, however, I think the eventual candidate stands [...]
After a long hiatus, I’m going to try and get this rolling on a more regular basis.
Let me take this opportunity to say I’m glad the last couple of posts have been wrong. We’re not deep in a recession, and we haven’t invaded Iran. The bad news is that I think the recession is inevitable. [...]
