More “deep thoughts” from a politically homeless economist: I have slowly come to conclude that [today’s right wing] “phenomenon” is what happens when voters are angry at government but fail to understand economics, while [today’s left wing] “movement” is what happens when voters are angry at the economy but fail to understand government. Both positions are more likely than not to produce reactionary and misguided policies. -Tom Lehman-

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. -Saint Augustine-

Last year I joined a support group for antisocial people. We haven’t met yet. -found on Facebook-

They say that no two snowflakes are alike. Yet, I hate them all equally. -“B.C.”-

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. -Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)-

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. -Benjamin Franklin-

Don’t you try to cloud this argument with the facts! -Gladys Thornapple, “The Born Loser”-

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein-

A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps. -Thomas J. Watson-

The beatings will continue until morale improves.