No Straw Men

In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, Al Qaeda’s engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator.

Killing real people becomes a video game.

There hasn’t been an ethics complaint since 2004? After Don Young, Duke Cunningham, William Jefferson, & co., I’d say that’s a pretty good indication that the House’s system of enforcing ethics isn’t working all that well.

One thing I constantly have to remind myself is to accept criticism. Not even just accept it. Relish in it. Roll around on the floor in it. Actively seek it out from every source, from a babbling idiot on the street to technology experts.

Moments of elucidation may occur fleetingly, late at night, or in a rush of insight, but only by digesting that information through communication and thought can something real be garnered from it.