Ed Champion

I am frankly too busy to keep a ledger along these lines. It’s also a huge waste of time. Most importantly, it does not honor volition. If I gave willingly to everyone and demanded some lavish reciprocal display, that would be the apotheosis of hubris, wouldn’t it? Let me offer an example. Recently, I purchased a Chinese food lunch special for a homeless man. (I despise advertising my good deeds.…

But I appreciate your kind intercession! I remain silent at a party only when I find the company not up to my level. And while that could be interpreted a declaration of wild and fulsome arrogance, it is actually a form of self-protection and time management! The bar for entry into a conversation with me is not especially high and yet seems to be transmuting into a velvet rope as…