As Britain’s summer of crisis continues, the penitentiary industrial complex could soon be overwhelmed. Not because of a lack of resources: estimates put the prisons’ budget at £4 billion. And it’s not for a lack of bipartisan thinking: the Labour …
My summer with Gibbon
The year 1776 was an eventful one. The August issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine duly carried a curious document from across the ocean called “The Declaration of American Independence”, before proceeding to a more serious matter: a review of a …
Nixon vs. McGovern 2.0
Any number of pundits and social commentators are looking at the current presidential election matchup between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in terms of its historical, societal, or political ramifications. They’ve come up with several hypotheses, some of which are …
Effective responses to pandemics and peace
The recently published New Zealand Pandemic Plan shows they intend to repeat all the wrong things they did during covid. It ignores, as was the case during the covid era, natural health […]
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Science, Society, and Stability
The various approaches to education differ according to ideology – liberal, communist, and so on – and depending on what discipline is dominant at any given time. So, for example, in the 19th century, there was a time when the …
Sickening Profits : The Global Food System’s Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth
The modern food system is heavily influenced by the pursuit of profit, leading to issues such as land loss, food insecurity, illness and environmental degradation. Large investment firms and agribusinesses profit from […]
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A preventative state and UK law enforcement’s two-tier policy
In response to protests and riots in the last week in the UK, there has been a general feeling among the British public that the police are engaged in two-tier policing – […]
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Who are the “far-right”?
You are the “Far Right.” And you will be destroyed by “Net Zero.” It will mean no holidays, no television, no football, no heating, no hot food and nothing much of anything […]
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Why liberal journalists need to be heroes
When Richard Nixon resigned as president 50 years ago, the country witnessed the birth of a monster. I am not talking about some sinister influence he exerted after his fall. I am talking about the media.
Having gratifyingly removed a …
Is the Kamala honeymoon over?
In 2016, mainstream analysts were virtually certain that Donald Trump would not win the GOP nomination. Then, when he did, they claimed that it was nearly impossible that he would win the presidency. They were convinced they were able to …
Tommy Robinson is copying the progressive playbook
A strange and dramatic metamorphosis has happened over the last few days. On the one hand, Tommy Robinson, the Right-wing activist and former leader of the English Defence League, has shapeshifted into a Left-leaning analyst of political protest. On the …
Learning to Walz won’t save Kamala
Safe yet shrewd is how Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as her running mate has been described. An energetic, disciplined communicator who can appeal to moderates and progressives, the Minnesota Governor is likely to boost the ticket’s momentum heading …
France has already won the Olympics
French happiness is an uncanny sight these days but there is no denying it: the Paris Games has brought France’s joie de vivre back. It won’t last, of course, but the memory will linger on. Will it translate politically? One …
Farms of all Sizes Feed the World
We live in a world where oligarchs accumulate land, use their media assets to denigrate natural foods, and invest in fake alternatives. On the other ‘side,’ wealthy professionals calling themselves freedom fighters travel the world and the internet insisting we …
The Man Who Brought Socrates to the Military
Last week when I read of Brigadier General (ret) Malham Wakin’s death, his name sounded familiar. As a newly arrived cadet at the Air Force Academy in 1968, the head of the Department of Philosophy, a colonel in his mid-30s, …