Friday, 1 April 2016

Trump blunders. But is his fall what we should wish for?

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It seems the age of wonders is not past. Even Donald Trump has had to backtrack at last. He’s trying to wriggle out of what he told MSNBC ab...
Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Reacting to atrocities

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Thirty-five people are killed and many more injured in Brussels, and we react, rightly, with revulsion. Nothing justified their deaths: they...
Sunday, 27 March 2016

Helping a stranger's child: a challenging experience

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It’s a little difficult these days to work out how to behave with children one doesn’t know. That’s not a complaint: I regard society ’s  re...
Friday, 25 March 2016

Mustn't take joy in Tory misfortunes. Must we?

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Schadenfreude is the despicable emotion which leads us to take pleasure in the suffering of others. Obviously, we ought to avoid it in all...
Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Responding to the Brussels attacks: how to get it wrong

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It’s Brussels this time. At least another 31 deaths and over 200 injured. Harrowing, dismal events, and the latest in a series of them. ...
Monday, 21 March 2016

Opening our eyes to how we got where we are... and where we may be heading

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Every now and then one reads a book that opens your eyes to what’s going on around us. It was the case for me with Thomas Piketty’s book C...
Sunday, 20 March 2016

A sorry Kindle story. And a joke to sharpen the irony

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There are times when going on holiday isn’t a luxury, but a vital necessity. Getting back to work, after an involuntary nearly eight-month...