V. S Naipaul in An Area of Darkness, talks about the English fantasy of Englishness in the 19th Century, “The cherished conviction,” as one Englishman wrote in 1883, “which is shared by every Englishman in India, from the highest to lowest, by the planter’s assistant in his lowly bungalow…to the Viceroy on his throne…that he …
Epicureans should not dip their toes into party politics, but stay on the sidelines, tending their gardens. But today’s news that 550,000 residents of DC are to continue to be denied the right to vote illustrates just why Epicurus told us to stay clear of politics in the first place. Excuse the rant, but I …
A survey in July found that 6 in every 10 Americans with a portable email device, such as a Blackberry, check messages in bed , while 37% confess to sending emails while driving. Furthermore 4 in 10 keep their Blackberries close by while asleep, so they can feel the vibration or see the red light …
"The salaries of CEOs have jumped, as pay for workers has remained relatively static, or has even declined ….since 1990 the overall CEO-worker pay gap has worsened considerably. The salary of minimum-wage workers has declined after adjustment for inflation by 9 per cent in the last 15 years.” * Epicureans, using that uncommon thing common …
Disbelief now rivals the great faiths in numbers and influence. Never before has religion faced such enormous levels of disbelief, or faced a hazard as powerful as that posed by modernity. How is organized religion going to regain the true, choice-based initiative when only one of them is growing. And it is growing by means …
