"There is a common, albeit dimwitted, platitude held dear by activists of a socialist persuasion that globalization has increased rheumatism and other ailments due to the decline of bee populations worldwide. In contrast to this perfidious belief (which perversely refuses to celebrate Divine intervention in still further elevating Man in the Great Chain of Being, not to mention preventing pesky stings), my free-market friends and I are even more convinced that empty beehives will provide excellent opportunities to increase the sale of dentures as honey-deprived children in the benighted Third World seek other forms of sugar highs. Capitalists of the world, unite!"
- Ronald Rand ed., Contemporary Sermons In Honour of the Almighty Dollar, Argonaut Press, p.20
In praise of running
12 years ago
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