Kindergarten and beyond
There was a girl at my primary school who would stick her fingers in her ears and talk nonsense when anyone tried to disagree with her. There was a boy who would storm out of the room if there was someone there who’d upset him. Reading this morning’s news it seems the girl is now […]
Ankles, teeth and the nuclear threat
Image courtesy of Les Haines, Creative Commons Priorities I’ve been musing on the question of priorities. Just think of what we’re faced with. The newspapers are full of North Korea and the public posturing by TweedleTrump and TweedleKim. Bluster and bragging seem to have replaced reason and diplomacy. Threats serve to escalate the crisis and […]
Choices
Image courtesy of Dave Morrison Photography and Flickr: Creative Commons What to write… Speaking with others who blog it seems our main concern is the fear of running out of material. Not an issue this week, clearly. The post election political situation remains fascinating, the issues with President Trump continue to develop, and we have a […]
Personal attacks and the ‘real’ world
Image courtesy of mariusz kluzniak and Flickr Creative Commons Margaret Thatcher I never thought I’d start a blog with that heading but it was Margaret Thatcher who insisted that personal attacks on political opponents merely demonstrated a lack of anything worthwhile to say, a lack of policies. Her current successor appears to have forgotten this but […]