Don’t @ Me
I’m not, I hope, unreasonable. I even hope people who contact me find me pleasant to deal with. I try to be quite generous with my time and attention. I essentially like people and enjoy talking to them. Nothing delights me more than getting a fun message or email. Where I draw the line, however, […]
Continue ReadingThe Great Panic Deconstructed
In The Mail on Sunday, this week, Peter Hitchens again writes about what he calls the “Great Panic”. He complains that those that challenge him “choose to abuse me, often with lies, personal smears and swearwords.” He goes further: “Your childish, intolerant reaction has strengthened me in my conviction that mine is the better case. […]
Continue Reading3.3 Million
Is anybody really surprised by the news that a record 3.3 million Americans sought unemployment benefit in just the last week? Is anybody properly shocked by the realisation that so many of our fellow human beings had jobs that had absolutely no security should a crisis hit the US economy? This isn’t so much a […]
Continue ReadingThe Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
One fine Athenian morning, Socrates, the wisest of men, sat warming his bones in his favourite spot in the old marketplace. Around him sat his students, fiercely arguing in the hope of impressing their teacher. Nothing made Socrates happier than listening to young people debate the issues of the day, so much so, in fact, […]
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