Exodus 20:16 – Verba Sparsa

On labeling and name-calling

There is no good reason to categorize every thought in the world, and every person in the world, using one or the other of two labels. There are very good reasons not to.

Truthfulness and the Word (Christmas 2018)

Here is my Christmas letter to my friends for this year. We tend these days to separate words and actions sharply. Words are just words. Words are cheap. What counts is action, and action can get on well without words. Good talk, bad talk—it’s all just talk, it’s all inconsequential. We don’t confer much creditContinue reading “Truthfulness and the Word (Christmas 2018)”