Nation & Nature

No country can ever defend itself
Against what human nature
Will ultimately do to it.
12.01.12

Life & Equality

We are equalized at three life stations:
At birth, at death, and at voting.
11.30.12

Sublime & Reality

When I fall in love with a sublime idea
I also know that it is a fantasy;
There is nothing sublime about reality.
11.29.12

Faults & Others

To acknowledge one’s own faults takes courage;
To judge the faults of others takes hubris.
11.28.12

Politics & Country

A politician must choose between pleasing the masses
Or serving his country’s present and future interests.
11.27.12

Politics & Ethics

There is no idealism in politics
And no politics in idealism;
For ethics allows not negotiations
Whereas in politics, everything is negotiable.
11.25.12

Belief & Evidnece

Belief is more emotional than rational
And thus most of us believe
What we want to believe
Regardless of evidence;
This defect in our mental wiring
Often begets disastrous consequences.
11.24.12