Saturday, September 20, 2025

Charles E. Lindblom's Politics and Markets--the book that made me fall in love with Political Science.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2575392-politics-and-markets
I was right, it is path-breaking.
Not least I loved the dedication to his wife.
"With the breath,smiles and tears of all my life."
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 – 1861
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
This poem is in the public domain.
https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43
I also love the way she died, in her husband Robert Browning's arms,her last word said to have been "Beautiful."
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Photo--Shin Sariputra--Buddha's right hand side disciple--wood sculpture--present from Middle Son--

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies--

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=g...