The author applies three precepts of philosophy, according to Alan Watts: #1) What are you going to call it? #2) Where are you going to put it? #3) Who is going to clean it up? She applies them to religion, art, literature, and politics, as well as her own filing system. She points out how naming things gets us into trouble (religion), assigning things to place (Israel and Palestine) can create lasting turmoil, and figuring out how to clean things up after mistakes #1 and #2 (Israel and Palestine, again) can be the hardest feat yet. Also Treaty of Versailles.