We can agree that society, like any collective human endeavor, abhors a power vacuum, can’t we? Having a controlling authority of some kind is what keeps the trains running on time. So when we call for “less government,” what do we mean? Do we want less reliable trains? Of course not. Typically, we’re referring to government involvement in […]
A friend told me about the roadside sign she’d seen driving Highway 290 between Taylors and Greer: “There is no free cheese in the mouse trap,” it said. A sermon teaser for a tiny non-denominational church. I have to wonder what the cheese agreed to accept in exchange for its freedom. Or did it have […]
I wouldn’t mind waking up to the sound of rain on my roof some mornings, provided it cleared off in time for me to walk into town. And I wouldn’t mind finding a perfectly ripe banana waiting for me in the wooden mystery bowl when I arrived Underground. If every now and then I spent […]
