Voice from the past that might illuminate the present: Plato : APOLOGY OF SOCRATES “O my friend, why do you who are a citizen of the great and mighty and wise city of Athens, care so much about laying up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul, which you never regard or heed at all? Are you not ashamed of this? “ Today’s word…
She is appealing to a medieval Saudi monarch who’s one and only pursuit is self preservation of the oligarch ruling class. The Saudi monarchy abhors democracy. It works quite well for the rulers of Saudi Arabia to use religion to control its people. It would take a remarkable man to measure what she says as the truth. Truth has little value in the minds the oppressors.
I received reports that the Sports Chalet store in Brea, California seemed to have a special positive standing in the community. Here are some empirical indicators: Customers arriving at the checkout during the liquidation sales made comments to the staff that they did not like any other sporting good store. Some were close to crying. The manager of the liquidation company made the statement that in over 10 years of offering liquidation sales, he had never seen a store like…