…of the stability and growth pact was concern, especially, German concern about the introduction of the Euro. Somehow it was decided that Europe should have a single currency (I don’t…

…“original sin” and “root of all evil” lament. In his last chapter, Simmel began section II, The Concept of Culture, on a similarly celebratory note. The general concept of culture involves the…

…thinking’, on everyone’s part. After the vaccines became widely available, most of those hospitalized with COVID, of those dying from COVID, were unvaccinated. Since the wide availability of vaccines, most…

…wrested control. 3. The original sin of Reconstruction: no redistribution of all or at least some of Plantation land to the slaves whose uncompensated labor sustained it. Slaves were free…

…their living children and pretty much are shrugging off the old eve’s sin bs. They won’t say it; but they’ll vote to live.” Another commenter; “this hurts because most of…

…the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng have managed to spook money managers by threatening to cut their taxes . Kwarteng proposed a mini budget cutting the top marginal tax rate (etc). The…

…not make bullying with a firearm, bullying of any form, illegal? Wisconsin, Florida, and several other gun-lobby-friendly states (more than half of the 50) have passed so-called stand-your-ground laws that…

…“Vanity… Definitely, my favorite sin.”  It can poison and derail even the most potentially beneficial of feats. Credit to Al Pacino’s acting in representing the devil in “The Devil’s Advocate.”…

…away from its normal function as part of that human’s system for maintaining a happy, satisfying life.  Healthy sexual feelings are re-interpreted as “sin”.  Irrational beliefs and bizarre, self-sacrificing behavior…

…debt is an unforgivable sin in the very serious village. I guess another explanation is politics. It doesn’t do to say that sure the deficit is high but so is…