……. it is typical of religion-based moralities to hold that much of what affords pleasure and brings achievement in real human lives is actually a barrier to moral success, and might indeed damn us.The Choice of Hercules by A. C. Grayling, Wiedenfeld & Nicholson 2007
For the first time, Britain overtook the United States as the biggest donor to the World Bank, a highly symbolic change given Washington’s traditional influence in choosing the bank’s president and charting its policies. Bank officials said the change in rankings was partly due to currency swings, since the dollar has dropped in value against …
“The flow of immigrants into the US has reduced the US white population from 90% to 70% in 40 years, and will push it below 50% by 2050.” Quoted by Eric Kaufman reviewing “God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe’s Religious Crisis, by Philip Jenkins*
I was on a coach reently. The coach stopped to pick up a young woman with a suitcase. ""Well," she said," calling up to the driver in a disagreeable manner, "I can’t lift it by myself." The driver picked up the suitcase and stowed it. The woman said nothing, no acknowledgment, no thanks. What is …
At a time of unprecedented ubiquity of the media, the Iraq war long ago became a private war. What we hear about it is filtered and controlled by the Pentagon and the Iraq "government" who control all the news. This is because it is still hard for journalists, 138 of whom have been killed on …
