"He believed that just as individuals are happy who practice virtue and possess inner peace, the happiness of the state demands virtuous citizens living together in harmony. Accordingly, he designed laws and instituted customs that would last and would form free, self-reliant, and self-regulated citizens." —PLUTARCH, from The Lawgivers, translated by C. Scot Hicks and… Continue reading Lycurgus
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One-way is no longer the right way
Hy-Vee, our local grocery chain, has removed the one-way stickers from their aisles. The first time I saw them, I was in the grocery store around 3 PM on a Monday afternoon. At most, there were one or two people in each aisle (or none at all). Every aisle I wanted to go down was… Continue reading One-way is no longer the right way