Quote of the day

Alexander McCall Smith channels Plato, perhaps....

"The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought."

Alexander McCall Smith, The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency


This last January was the hottest on record.

Definitions

If you are running for a political office, you are a politician. If that is too circular for you, try this: If you considered how to frame an issue in order to increase the likelihood of getting elected, you are a politician.

If your method of framing an issue in order to get elected is to say you aren't a politician, then you are a politician...and a huckster.