I was intrigued by an article in the Washington Post, which reported that most US Catholic parishes had applied for taxpayer money, namely the small business stimulation package handouts to help them through the virus epidemic. 13,000 Catholic parishes have received our money out of a total of about 17,000. In the first round 6,000 …
Tokyo Thousands of Japanese women have taken to social media to share their experiences of being discouraged from wearing spectacles at work since the practice was exposed in two recent reports. It turns out that a range of firms tell their female employees not to wear glasses, including a domestic airline that cites “safety” issues, …
The chaos of the last several weeks have put a few things into stark relief. Two of the most obvious: who actually does the work essential for our world to function and how little value the wealthy put on this work. In industries like meatpacking, the corporations that our wealthy run are forcing a mostly …
I have resurrected the following two year old news item because it has relevance for Epicureanism, the rights of women and the irrationality of outdated religious practice: “A national conversation is needed in Sweden about “where the limits of religious freedom lie”. Judging by the stunt in 2018, pulled by the conservative newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, it …
We live in a neontocracy, a world that revolves around the needs of children far beyond the basics of food and material comfort. It seems vital to maintain children’s happiness, status, self-esteem and protection, and to provide constant stimulation. Anthropologist David Lancy of Utah State University (who coined the term neontocracy), writes that modern parenting …
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