A piece of Walt Whitman on this historic day:
From 1884
If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,
‘Twould not be you, Niagara - nor you, ye limitless prairies - nor your huge
rifts of canyons, Colorado,
Nor you, Yosemite - nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyserloops
ascending to the skies, appearing and [...]
Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Shotts
Filed under: Autumn, Beginnings & Endings, Ethics & Morality, Politics, Quotes | 3 Comments »
I apologize for coming on too strong in advance. I previously said I don’t like to tell people who to vote for, but this goes beyond voting. Despite how much this election represents to me.
Maybe I am adding flames to the fire, but the amount any of us writes to the federal government is going [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Ned
Filed under: Ethics & Morality, Politics | No Comments »
I have been thinking a lot recently about the nature of wealth and what is fair taxation, etc.
I heard Bill O’Reilly talking the other night and accusing Obama of wanting to do wealth redistribution. This got me thinking: “this is something people think of as negative because it means taking something hard-earned from those who [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Pete
Filed under: Charity, Ethics & Morality, Politics | 5 Comments »
