Louis DeJoy is the 75th Postmaster General of the United States and the Chief Executive Officer of the world’s largest postal organization. Appointed by the Governors of the Postal Service, DeJoy began his tenure as Postmaster General in June 2020. Structure. Although it is owned entirely by the United States…
It is interesting to note that Aristotle (384–322) argued that being moral has to do with the function of a human being and that in developing his argument he moved from the nonmoral to the moral uses of good and bad. What does Kant say about morality? Morally speaking, Kant…
“Hammurabi, the king of righteousness, on whom Shamash has conferred the law, am I.” “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. An anonymous modern saying, which is…
Dalton developed an atomic theory that is still mostly accepted today. It is one of the most important theories in all of science. Dalton thought individual atoms were solid, hard spheres, so he modeled them with wooden balls. Democritus first gave the concept that all objects are made of indivisible…
Derek Hale tells him he needs to find an anchor, but when he loses his relationship with Allison, he loses his anchor to humanity. His mother reminds him that sometimes people have to be their own anchors. What is Scott McCall’s anchor? Stiles Stilinski is Scott McCall’s Anchor – Works…
Spoken by Darth Vader in A New Hope, “The Force is strong with this one” may be the most memorable Star Wars quote after the well-wishing “May the Force be with you.” Star Wars fans just love the Force. But, the Force isn’t a laughing matter. Many characters, Jedi and…
Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, is quoted as saying “change is the only constant in life.” Over the past few weeks so much about our working and daily lives has changed it is hard at times to recall what ’normal’ was. Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, has been quoted as saying “change…
The proverb “all things come to those who wait” originated from a poem by Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie, who used to write under her pseudonym, Violet Fane. The phrase first appeared in her poem Tout vient a qui sait attendre in the same words. The poem was published at the…
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,” Confucius once said. In February 1989 a book reviewer in “Jet” magazine employed the saying while analyzing the biography of a famous musician: 6 “Choose a job you love, and you will never…
carpe diem, (Latin: “pluck the day” or “seize the day”) phrase used by the Roman poet Horace to express the idea that one should enjoy life while one can. Carpe diem is part of Horace’s injunction “carpe diem quam minimum credula postero,” which appears in his Odes (I. 11), published…