Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Friday, November 01, 2002 :::
I think we should ban the use of the word "just" at my workplace. It tends to be used as an attempted argument for doing something in the speaker's favorite way, e.g. "Why give the patient an aspirin for his headache when we can just perform brain surgery?"