Socrates Corner
By Stone Washington “Just a war of the mind. What is war, if not a battle between two strategies?” ~ The Riddler “Maybe that’s what Batman is about. Not winning. But failing, and getting back up. Knowing He’ll fail, fail a thousand times, but still won’t give up.” ~ Batman Zero Year Savage City–Part 1 The […]
“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.” ~ Lady Macbeth “No. We just can’t trust the American people to make those types of choices … Government has to make those choices for people.” ~ […]
You’re making us all watch. The whole city. You shut us out and punish us night after night, as you go out there and protect those we can’t. But if you do that, sir, if you let the past drive Batman, his scars, he becomes something dark, a demon of vengeance. Not a creature of […]
“Because at the end of the day, what people are afraid of is the nothing of it. The randomness. The empty center. Stare into it and try to find meaning. You’ll go mad. All you can do is fear, and survive. It’s the truth.” ~Red Hood “But it’s a new kind of crime this gang […]
By Stone Washington “For seeing they saw not, and hearing they understood not, but like shapes in a dream they wrought all the days of their lives in confusion.” “It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.” ~ Prometheus, Prometheus […]
“He shall be found at once brother and father of the children with whom he consorts; son and husband of the woman who bore him; heir to his father’s bed, shedder of his father’s blood.” ~ Teiresias, the blind prophet, Oedipus Rex “Given time, you’ll see this well, I know: you do yourself no good, […]
“We are shaped by what we love.” “For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a common man should rust.” ~Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue This essay is on the timeless collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury tales in London England during the 14th-15th centuries. I have found that many of […]
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it. ~ Booker T. Washington (quote in my father’s office) Happy Resurrection day and Easter to all. This essay celebrates the 100th anniversary of the legendary Black American conservative intellectual, Booker T. Washington, who was born on April 5, 1856 and died […]
“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought” ~ Hamlet Words without thought never to Heaven go. ~ Claudius: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3 Act 1 The timeless classic and remarkable tragedy William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, written between 1599-1601, begins […]
When Machiavelli Comes to Town: The Dangers of Opportunistic Consulting
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.” ~ Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) “Unencumbered by government oversight, McKinsey is accountable only to its clients, who expect that their vulnerabilities, mistakes, […]
“The corruption, crime, and incompetence of the D.C. government has been an embarrassment to our nation’s capital for decades. It is long past time that Congress restored the honor and integrity of George Washington to the beautiful city which bears his name.” ~ Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), speaking on the BOWSER Act “It is […]
Fifth Circuit’s Ruling against “Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule” Safeguards Meritocracy Over Mediocrity
“The evidence presented by Nasdaq in its rule proposal, contrary to its claims, does not show that board diversity provides better returns for shareholders.” ~Excerpt from a Manhattan Institute led amicus curiae brief in the case of Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment vs. SEC. “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the […]
Star Wars: The Force of Progressivism Awakens
“Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the Force.” ~ Lor San Tekka “There has been an Awakening… have you felt it? The Dark-side and the Light” ~Supreme Leader Snoke Prologue With the Holidays nearing and the year ending, a new generation of the world’s most celebrated movie franchise is revealed – […]
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