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Justice is blind? No, it favours the wealthy. Left-wingers claim the elite always gets its way at the expense of ordinary citizens, says El Mundo. Last month, Spain’s supreme court outlawed an anachronistic tax – levied on homeowners who take out a mortgage – that has long been deeply unpopular. The tax, ruled the court, …
At least as far as the House of Representatives was concerned, this year’s midterm elections were a success for the Democrats. They gained a decent majority, won 40 seats off the Republicans, and won the popular vote by roughly nine million people in what was the highest midterm turnout since 1914. While not a complete …
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I quote part of an article by Chris Tilbury in Prospect magazine (November 2018): “How much is the smartphone truly useful or even enjoyable, and how much is it simply compulsion? Expanding functionality, social media – and the linked fear of missing out – make these devices hard to put down. The average UK user …
I have to confess, I’m a big fan of technology. I own a MacBook Air, an iPad, a smartphone, a digital camera, a speaker system and much else besides. Every time Google or Apple announce the release of a new product, I’m always amongst the first to hear. But recently, I’ve come to the conclusion …
“Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri.“ Antonio Gramsci “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” (Thanks to Dan Dolan, a reader of this blog, for this apposite quotation) Upheaval seems to be …
