If people cannot be trusted to be free, they also cannot be trusted to govern others
”If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?” – Frédéric Bastiat
Notes from the staycation
Mary and I decided not to go to Shipshewana during my two-day vacation this week. Instead, we stayed here in Fort Wayne and were tourists in our own hometown. And here are the tweets I would have tweeted, if I had been tweeting:
- At Hyde Brothers Booksellers, I discovered that the books I love the most — and the ones I hate the most — are all in the Sociology shelf.
- I wanted a bubble tea at Firehouse Tea & Coffee Cafe, but they were out of “bubbles.” They were cooking more tapioca, but we went with a simpler iced tea instead.
- Pio Market on East State, according to a kid inside, is pronounced “Pee-oh.” He may be wrong.
- We went for pizza at 800 Degrees to cool off. We also saw Tommy and Heather Schoegler!
- We checked into Stay Inn Suites on Lima Road near the interstate. If you stay there, you get free access to Spiece Fieldhouse!
- For dinner, we went to a nice little Greek restaurant called Maza Grille. Delicious! Mary had a little lamb.
- We went to play darts at Break & Run on Goshen Avenue, but despite my call checking to make sure they’d be open, we were greeted with a CLOSED sign. So we ended up grabbing something at Starbucks and catching up on some fun reading.
- The next day, after a filling complimentary breakfast at the Stay Inn, we ended up browsing some more bookstores — Barnes & Noble and Every Other Book, which, as Mary said, has a wonderful homeschooling section.
- Thanks to a Groupon, we spent the afternoon bowling six games at the 56-lane Pro Bowl West. I’ll spare you the details (rimshot!), except that we later had achy muscles in places that we didn’t expect.
- And we finished with a great stir-fry supper at one of my favorite spots,The Flat Top Grill.
Mary and I are considering making tourist in our hometown an annual event!
All my favorites
- Win the Man, Not the Argument
- Planned Parenthood and media thank each other
- Do the French have a secret in their mothering and fathering...
- Four/Fifths of the Brimstone
- Visual Theology - The Books of the Bible
- Fort Wayne Chamber - Media and P. R. Summit - How to get your business noticed
- Monday music: Dave Brubeck improvises... with some help
- Big Game Party in a Box
- Free Desktop Wallpapers: February 2012
- Your Very Own Deacons' Fund
