Published

2 years ago

November 7, 2023

Alice Rush

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I have a few reactions to this meme that I hope readers will find meaningful:

Work, in the right context, is actually closer to play. I’m reminded of what Dustin Hoffman said, “I’m a horrible vacationer. I look at a beach sunset and imagine how I would represent it to a film audience.”

Here’s what I told my kids when they were young, though I don’t suggest that it’s an original idea: “You’re going to be spending a large percentage of your waking hours doing something that’s called ‘work.’ So find something you love, and get damned good at it.”

And here is what one of my philosophy professors told me as a young man: “I have a life that I enjoy 52 weeks a year. It never occurred to me to have a life I dislike so that I can take a two-week vacation from it.”

The Role of Work in One’s Life

Renewable Energy

California’s Next Governor?

Published

23 hours ago

March 6, 2026

Alice Rush

What does the most affluent state in America need in its next governor? I’m pretty sure it not a Trump supporter.

Yes, we have traffic, which we hate. But that’s because everybody and his dog wants to be here for our economic opportunities and our natural beauty.

In general, we reject racism, ignorance, corruption, and environmental destruction.

California’s Next Governor?

Renewable Energy

Understanding Social Democracy

Published

1 day ago

March 6, 2026

Alice Rush

I can’t swear that the content of the meme here is accurate; in fact, most affluent Scandinavians I run across admit that they pay higher taxes than Americans.

They claim that the attraction is that they aren’t forced to live among uneducated slobs where people are dying of treatable diseases with masses of impoverished people living on the streets.

Isn’t there something to be said for that?