Odds & Sods #30: The “Long Run” Edition
- Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 days. He does 200 miles just for fun. He’ll race in 120-degree heat. Here are 12 secrets to his success. [Preview: He carries a cell phone and regularly orders an extra-large Hawaiian pizza -- while running a marathon.]
- Anonymous Liberal observes that “our system attributes to people in their capacity as voters the very truth-detection skills that it assumes they do not have in their capacity as consumers.”
As a result, we end up with a system in which you have to be scrupulously honest when selling a toaster, but you can pretty much say anything you want when you’re selling the next president of the United States.
He asks (and answers) why.
- Speaking of business and government, it’s wrong to think that we’d all be better off if the government was “run like a business.” Our system is precisely designed to prevent that very thing from EVER happening. Think about it: in business you have an all powerful Chairman of the Board. Where is the analgous position in our government? The president is the chief of the executive branch — but that branch is merely co-equal with the other two branches. No business would ever try to organize itself along those lines. More on this another time.
