At my age every day of the year is an anniversary of something or other, but mostly I no longer remember of what. Just as well, in many cases, sad loss in others, but I don’t get to decide which will come back to me with the sound of wind in the chimney, the taste […]
If we knew why, and how, a school classroom, full of students, all from the same town, all exposed to the same experiences, the same information, the same culture and society, can turn out, fifty years on, to be Right and Left, Believer and Atheist, nice and not so nice, we could understand why the
The old schoolyard Read More »
Donald Trump is the end result of confusing quantity of free speech with quality of free speech
In a crowded theatre Read More »
There were racist Presidents before Trump, and there will be racist Presidents after Trump, but I think we can safely say there has never been and never will be a President as racist as Trump.
Quacks like a duck Read More »
The way of Empires is to wreck countries all around them and then refuse to accept the consequences.
Crying like a refugee Read More »
Is every country now faced with the prospect of its own version of the Spanish Civil War?
Homo sapiens will reject any solution to over- population and excess consumption that doesn’t involve killing the other species we share this small planet with, or killing the other humans we share this small planet with.
Fifty years since Easy Rider? Not been such an easy ride, has it?
Riding down the highway Read More »
