Just plain rude
Once political correctness used to be just called politeness
Bon mots
Thugees
In every group of 6 or so children, one will be a thug. The proportion stays the same through life, but the nature of the thuggery becomes increasingly varied.
Re-public
There is no government enterprise, industry or function that is working so well that it can\’t be ruined, indeed wrecked, by applying full bore privatisation and the white hot heat of competition.
Below the horizon
Throughout history, as times change, people, grumblingy, mostly change with them. Some eagerly, some reluctantly, some trying to resist for as long as possible, some who will stay put until they die. Oh, and always a few lunatics bravely marching full steam astern led by demagogues (usually religious) who convince them that the age before
New age
In every age, since history began, the citizens of countries are mostly unable to imagine society, culture, economy, being any different in the future from what they are in the present. Any lone voices suggesting there may be other ways of doing things will be ignored with cries of \”history has ended\” here, in the
Zero sum
The conservative attacks on regulations all over the world mean the rich get richer and the poor die horribly.
Am I a member yet?
Who knew there was a world-wide society of new haiku writers?
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Can’t find the exit
At Ikea you can check-out any time you like but never leave!
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Bus stop
Sometimes an idea for a blog post comes to me quickly and disappears just as quickly. It is as if I am standing at the bus stop, waiting to board the bus, ticket held between my fingers. Suddenly a gust of wind blows the ticket out of my hand and down the street. I take