The last words that F Scott Fitzgerald ever wrote, were ‘ACTION IS CHARACTER.’ He wrote those words in block letters in his notebook. The quintessential American novelist saw through the BS at the last and then sadly died of a heart attack. But his wisdom lives. Action is required to pass the current test. Not words. And certainly not fundraising appeals. Make a difference then ask for money. ACTION IS CHARACTER
Month: March 2025
Promises Broken, Misinformation Spread: Daylight Savings Edition
Today’s Washington Post carries a story about how our current president has broken his promise to end daylight savings time. You can read more about his perfidy here. (Yes, perfidy — le mot juste — from the Latin perfidus that breaks faith or promise. The Testing: A Personal History Substack is classical) Beyond his admission of that […]
McKeever
My friend of over fifty years Michael McKeever, the man who changed my life in 1972, died yesterday. It’s time for praise not promotion, memorials not memes.