Quote of the Day, 2-27-09

“Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-26-09

“For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as it is, has its circumscriptions and limits.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-25-09

“It is more of a job to interpret the interpretations than to interpret the things, and there are more books about books than about any other subject: we do nothing but write glosses about each other.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-24-09

“A man must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more stupid.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote of the Day, 2-23-09

“I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Quote(s) of the Day, 2-20-09

“I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.” “I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it.” “It (marriage) happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.” -Michel de Montaigne, [...]

Quote(s) of the Day, 2-17-09

“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.” “It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Feinstein Followup

Simple followup, really, to the other day’s disclosure by Sen. Diane Feinstein that U.S. drones may or may not operate from bases in Pakistan. I’m so, so shocked that Pakistan was railing against American intrusion, while secretly giving a wink and a nudge.  Really, I’m so shocked that I’m…not shocked.  I figured they had to approve, in [...]

Quote(s) of the Day, 2-13-09

“A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself.” “Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.” -Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Rep. Feinstein’s Foot, Meet Rep. Feinstein’s Mouth

Whoopsies. A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an airbase inside that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counterterrorism collaboration with the United States. The disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. [...]