“Enjoy the wonder, the beauty of the universe and the things around you. Forget that we are unique and that God made us in his image, and relish the beauty and fecundity of the earth. The way things that breed wonderment”. (Montaigne) A lovely sentiment, although Montaigne seemed to waver frequently between belief and non-belief …
From Winston Churchill, Colonial Secretary, to David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, September 1922: “I am deeply concerned about Iraq. ….. I think we should now put definitely, not only to Feisal (the King) but to the Constituent Assembly, the position that unless they beg us to stay and to stay on our own terms in …
Bernie Sanders seems to have won in New Hampsire with about 60% to Hillary’s 38%, (with 89% of the vote counted). But at this stage of the race Hillary nevertheless already has 422 committed delegates and super-delegates, against Bernie’s 37. These people are committed to her because they think her candidature is inevitable and desirable. …
Drugs to help halt the advance of Alzheimer’s disease could be available within a decade, a leading neuroscientist has predicted. Speaking at the Royal Society in London, Professor John Hardy, of University College London, said that pharmaceutical companies are trialling new drugs designed to slow the disease by fighting the build-up in the brain of …
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” (Warren Buffett) So what answer do you have? Do we just put up with it, and if so, for how long? This is a moral, an Epicurean, issue. It’s about a civilised life of dignity and fairness, …
