During one of the 2000 debates, I remember Al Gore claiming to have accompanied some FEMA official or another on a trip to Texas to survey wildfire damage. Except it turned out he hadn’t. It was good for him in the debate to have done that, so he said he had. I commented at the … Read more
If I’ve ever encountered anyone talking about a “teachable moment” who wasn’t a finger-wagging, sanctimonious, insufferable jackass, I can’t remember it. “Teachable moments” tend to carry a payload of political correctness, don’t they? They’re never about practical, real-world lessons, like hard work yielding rewards, or loyalty begetting loyalty. I think getting your finger-wagging, sanctimonious, insufferable … Read more
I blogged about tolerance once. I don’t much care for the word when it’s used to describe the desired end state of how one person feels about another. I prefer acceptance for that. You know, though, I’ve been considering that I’m less polemically tolerant than I once was. I’ve been a big “respect all views” … Read more