Letter to Rebecca #24-22

Opera, a paradox, chortles and more persiflage

Dear Rebecca

Thank you for your letter.

Monopoly

How can you have played Monopoly without really intending to win? The whole point of the game is to bring out one’s inner J. R. Ewing¹. Once, when I was teaching, I had a small group of students in my class, literally just 4. One day I wanted to teach them about wealth and income distribution, and how hard it…