We certainly could use people of much greater abilities in many places. We could use people of broader knowledge. I submit, however, that in these two areas, not too much can be expected from further efforts. We may be getting to the point where we are already attempting to do the inherently impossible or at least the inherently unprofitable. But we are not going to breed a new race of supermen. We will have to run our organizations with men and women as they are.
- Peter F. Drucker
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
"Richard Jewell"
Washington Examiner: Madeleine Fry on Clint Eastwood's film about the Richard Jewell story.
Monday, December 02, 2019
A Morning
Up at four. The usual routine. A glance at The Wall Street Journal, which deserves a return visit. Checking some books for an item on turf wars between the Nazi SS and the German bureaucracy. Reviewing my daily index card of activities. I'm teaching and coaching this week and there's an upcoming early morning meeting about a proposed board action that needs more scrutiny.
A lot more scrutiny.
And there's scribbling that needs to be done.
Oh, and the dog wants to go out.
So far, the day looks like paperwork and lots of coffee.
Which means it is time to slow down.
Not a Rock Band: Mistah Kurtz and the Skulls
I saw this Venn Diagram at A Large Regular and immediately flashed back to a first-year college literature class discussion about "Heart of Darkness."
If you haven't played "symbolism and deeper meaning" with Joseph Conrad's novels then you have not lived.
Epstein Scandal
The New York Times story of two prominent lawyers, an "informant" and the Epstein scandal.
Sunday, December 01, 2019
"The Promise of Living"
Back by popular demand: filmed memories accompanied by Copland's "The Promise of Living."
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