P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

Things I Didn’t Know 2

February 1, 2026

  • **The reason people from the British Commonwealth mispronounce the name of the light shiny metal is that they also misspell it. Aluminium, with a gratuitous I near the end (rather like all the u’s in “or” words, like labour). Here in the USA it is aluminum, as God intended, and pronounced that way. Don’t get me started on February and often.
  • **A narcissist, completely devoid of empathy, dedicated to cruelty, and powered by ignorance, can become a political leader.
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You never previously heard of Adolf Hitler?

Posted by: Robert E. MalchmanFebruary 02, 2026 at 06:50 PM

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