The role of good government is to ensure that people have: housing health care jobs a conserved environment culture education care at both ends of life fair elections public transport varied and unbiased media food support of science businesses regulated \’You are mistaken,\’ said he gently, \’that is not good government, that is the best.”
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Whenever Homo sapiens seems to be making progress in some aspect of life like saving the environment, or improving health care for the poor, or making education better, or sharing wealth more equally, some arsehole will turn up and not only prevent it happening but put it in reverse. NB This post stimulated by the
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Look, I think it is terrific that business leaders and right -wing politicians have got interested in science and have decided to conduct an experiment to see what happens when you pour more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere of Planet Earth. I mean it is a very interesting question, and the results so
A reminder that my previous book, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, but still with it, and rather nicely written, is available from Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/The-Pure-State-of-Nature-Sacred-cows-destructive-myths-and-the-environment/Horton/p/book/9781865081076
It goes without saying that citizens of \”western\” democracies should vote for their respective \”social democratic\” political parties (Labor, Labour, Democratic, New Democratic, Socialist, Social Democratic, etc). Sadly, though, these days we do so more in hope than expectation.
My memoir now available as an ebook from Booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/hammering-on-the-mind-s-door-david-horton/ebook/9781761096297.html
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Has it always been the case that half the human race are as nutty as fruit cakes?
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All over the world the Right are creating political environments in which very stupid people can be elected by even more stupid people
Was my beloved grandfather among this trench full of WW1 Durham Light Infantry? And how many of these poor soldiers survived the war, like he did?
