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Walter Bagehot

The great difficulty which history records is not that of the first step, but that of the second step. What is most evident is not the difficulty of getting a fixed law, but getting out of a fixed law; not of cementing … a cake of custom, but of breaking the cake of custom; not of making the first preservative habit, but of breaking through it, and reaching something better.

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Townhall: Shovelfuls of Alarm

It is one thing to be alert to possible catastrophe. Quite another to yearn for it. Yes, it’s time again for the end of the world! Read all about it at Townhall. Click on over, then come back here for further reading. If you have time.

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