In response to the header, where Frank Herbert was surely correct was in saying that power does not corrupt; rather it attracts pathological personalities, who are already corrupt. Where he was dead … (View Post)

Best to pay the fees upfront, even if it means taking out another loan. (View Post)

It was no different, even in the court of the Red Tsar. I used to think that leading communists were murderous, but personally austere, and boy, was I wrong! (about the latter) (View Post)

No one wants to admit that they have been fooled. (View Post)

They may be smarter than most - until they fall victim to their own hubris. They just apply their intelligence to bad ends. Their behaviour seems quite familiar to anyone with knowledge of the histor… (View Post)