Category Archives: Saturday Evening Post

Two Happy Guys on Mt. Rushmore

Posted on March 12, 2012 by hessd

Here is a little squib from the movie, Prairie Home Companion.  Guy Noir (Kevin Kline) was engaging in an extended fantasy about how good the Angel of Death looked when she came to the theater.  We are free to laugh … Continue reading →

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Kimiko Says Thank You

Posted on October 2, 2011 by hessd

People who formulate, legitimate, or enforce public policy for a living have a good idea what makes a policy work.  It has to be effective, i.e., meet the goals the policy establishes.  It has to be affordable, i.e., not cost … Continue reading →

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Grounds for Hope

Posted on August 14, 2011 by hessd

Joe Nocera, the New York Times columnist shared with us today that Starbucks has an idea that might help us all.  Here’s the short version. In effect, Schultz thinks the country should go on strike against its politicians. “The fundamental … Continue reading →

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The House of the Venerable and Inscrutable Colonel

Posted on July 30, 2011 by hessd

Really, It’s Just KFC In general terms, this post is just a celebration of Neal Stephenson’s mastery with words and the fun he has with thunderous incongruities.  I’m going to do that in two ways—both from The Diamond Age.[1] First, … Continue reading →

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Ten years later, you get hauled up before a committee

Posted on July 23, 2011 by hessd

I had been working with “posts” to my “blog” for a while before it occurred to me that a post I published on Saturday Evening was a Saturday Evening Post. You wouldn’t think it would have taken me that long, … Continue reading →

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One -cize Fits All

Posted on July 16, 2011 by hessd

As a regular part of our reading and listening and speaking, we blow by the most amazing caches of information. As a practical matter, we would all agree that the price of attending to this is that we are forced … Continue reading →

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Learning from Mistakes

Posted on July 9, 2011 by hessd

Learning is always a good idea, but I’m not sure we learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  I think it might be better to say that we learn different things. During the terms I teach … Continue reading →

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