If You’ve Got A Dozen Pitchers, You

People In The Voting Booth Are Not Purely Rational Creatures Any More Than They're Purely Rational Creatures Outside The Voting Booth.

The Incentive For The Outsider Is To Attack The System Right Up To The Moment He Is Co-opted By It. The Incentive For The Insider -and This Took Some Getting Used To- Is To Allow Yourself To Be Attacked, And Then Co-opt Your Most Ferocious Attackers, And Their Best Ideas. The Effect On The System As A Whole Is To Make It More Stable, Because Everyone Winds Up Working On Its Behalf.

In Japan, Mothers Insist On Achievement And Accomplishment As A Sign Of Love And Respect. Thus To Fail Places Children In A Highly Shamed Situation.

The Sports World Is An Echo Chamber. All It Takes Is One Quote From A General Manager And A Thousand Sports Columns Bloom.

I Was Gonna Put Him On The Bus...i Got Tired Of Him Talking, It Was Time For Him To Go Home.