The Shoulders of Giants

Kevin Smith — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:04:50 +0000

Pecksniffian |pekˈsnifēən| -
Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.

Ex. George Will, Our Puritanical Progressives

Progressivism’s itch to perfect people by perfecting the social environment can produce an interesting phenomenon – the Pecksniffian progressive.

Kevin Smith — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:15:25 +0000

Once you have established the premise that hateful ideas must be dismissed without further thought or discussion, immense power accrues to whoever gets to classify ideas as “hateful.”

Kevin Smith — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:13:24 +0000

There is no education in the second kick of a mule.

Kevin Smith — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:42:08 +0000

It was also around this time at through a dexterous sleight of hand, Progressivism came to be renamed “liberalism.” In the past, liberalism had referred to political and economic liberty as understood by Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Adam Smith. For them, the ultimate desideratum was maximum individual freedom under the benign protection of a minimalist state. The progressives, led by Dewey, subtly changed the meaning of this term, importing the Prussian vision of liberalism as the alleviation of material and educational poverty, and liberation from old dogmas and old faiths. For progressives liberty no longer meant freedom from tyranny, but freedom from want, freedom to be a “constructive” citizen, the Rousseauian and Hegelian “freedom” of living in accord with the state and the general will.

Kevin Smith — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:39:32 +0000

The numbers do not add up and cannot be made to do so.

Kevin Smith — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:39:52 +0000

A little sleep,
a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Kevin Smith — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:03:13 +0000

Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do.

Kevin Smith — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:00:51 +0000

Poets are commonly spoken of as psychologically unreliable; and generally there is a vague association between wreathing laurels in your hair and sticking straws in it.

Kevin Smith — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:59:20 +0000

Oddities do not strike odd people.

Kevin Smith — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:57:30 +0000

If you consulted your business experience instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter.