"Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it." Francois de La Rochefoucauld

 

Washington DC is dealing with a nasty spate of carjackings.  Or, not dealing with them, to be more accurately.  But nothing would be easier:  100 bait cars every day, ten year sentences for every thief.  Boom, civilization again.

 

The TV actor Matthew Perry has died.  He prayed to God, once, to be famous.

 

I took my boy to the hospital.  It underscored my growing contempt for the medical profession:  "For the safety of our patients no weapons are allowed."

 

"The worst of all public dangers is the committee of public safety."  -CS Lewis