First Blog

You want to be wise, the pride of your family or at the workplace.   So do I.   How to do this is a good question, but one that has a ready answer. You simply invent it.   Here we give methods with examples, all cooked up at home, none from the literature. We call it… Do-it-yourself wisdom .   You, too, can be wise with words. Recipes are available, and we take up a couple here.   For words, just pick two of them and mix in a counterbalance.   Or use one phrase to amplify another and then reverse.   Alliteration helps. Assiduity is not the goal.   Loose construction is better.   How the mind fills in what the words leave out is remarkable - and to your advantage. Think of a poem with just one line.   For example, let’s use “love” and “liberty,” and a few others. “Love is far less without liberty, and liberty is far less without love.” “The spirit enriches reason just as reason enriches the spirit.” “Knowledge needs intuition even more than intuition needs knowledge.” “Pray

For the Brits, it's the 1930’s all over again.  It was Chamberlain vs Churchill: appeasement vs strength.  With terrorist events rampant,  i t is   now Corbyn vs May: appeasement vs strength.    One significant comment about Chamberlain is that he was reflecting widespread public opinion at the time which wanted peace.  Hitler viewed this as weakness.  In the election today, the compass of Brit opinion will move toward the current direction of thought. The Brits have a big decision to make.  Both will help in their own way.  But which is the correct and lasting way?