I enjoy following politics, not the extremist, foaming-at-the-mouth, party line-do or die politics, but the science of politics. That said I’m also a fan of George Will. Last week on ABC’s This Week, the Roundtable closed with the panel’s thoughts on Jim Joyce’s infamous call during the Detroit Tigers game. George elevated the issue to two main subjects: Forgiveness and Perfectionism. He gave a great statement and like similar ones I hear of from time to time, and think can apply to the fire service, I tucked it away for later use. During his discussion George said “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” I thought this surely applies to the fire service especially within the safety v. aggressive debates but how? Maybe I’ll use it, maybe not. (more…)