Word of the day

Eunoia –  beautiful thinking; healthy mind; goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; state of normal adult mental health.

A Reply to the Laddies

Janey Godley gives a Reply to the Laddies:

This is a response to the traditional Burns Night Toast to the Lassies.

Beautifying the blogosphere

Double ruru! Mates, the gasp I did when I spotted this parent and baby owl duo was quite spectacular. It's SO hard to spot just one ruru (morepork) because they're nocturnal, so seeing multiple during the day is pretty special! pic.twitter.com/wn6gV9fUy6

— Holly (@HollyNeillNZ) January 12, 2023

The Philistines have taken over the museums

Theodore Dalrymple interviewed for the Taxpayers’ Alliance:

Saturday soapbox

Saturday’s soapbox is yours to use as you will – within the bounds of decency and absence of defamation. You’re welcome to look back or forward, discuss issues of the moment, to pontificate, ponder or point us to something of interest, to educate, elucidate or entertain, amuse, bemuse or simply muse, but not abuse.

The arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is a far more devastating tax than anything that has been enacted by our legislatures. THe inflation tax has a fantastic ability to simply consume capital. – Warren Buffett