It is high time to think!
Imagine a lighthouse on a cold coast. It is not glamorous. It does not vote, it does not donate, it does not clap at rallies. Its job is boring: it blinks, night after night, so ships do not discover the rocks the hard way. Now imagine a politician points at the lighthouse and says, with a straight face, “That blinking is panic. We will break up the lighthouse because it … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
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I don’t get out much anymore, which is not the way I’ve lived my life. I’m 74, but that’s nothing; after a lifetime of excess, I’ve been pretty much a workaholic for the past 15 years. I’ve built a business as an ESL tutor, first by pounding the streets in Moscow, now and for the past six years working long days and evenings online … Read the rest
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