Authoritarianism
Thoughts of a Free Man
I do not despise this man. I am sure he believes that he is right and that is something to which we are all entitled. Opinion is not something that should be policed because it [more…]
Blog
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Forty-Four
Monday Good morning and what a fabulous one it is, not a cloud in the sky and my it’s warm. I am a bit disappointed with the Olympics so far, as I write this we [more…]
21st Century
Postcard From The Antebellum, Part Two
On Thursday, 25th July, Mrs AWS and myself struck out for Birmingham New Street. One of our Standard Premium day trips, it’s memorable – even without hindsight – by a heightened presence of the transport [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Four
Over breakfast, there was very little conversation, Dave returned upstairs with a mug of coffee and a packet of biscuits. He fired up the laptop and got to work. He went down the list on [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – The Day The Music Died
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards pop pickers to be born… Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the [more…]
Capitalism
Postcard From Antebellum Birmingham
“You know there isn’t going to be any war,” said Scarlett, bored. “It’s all just talk. Why, Ashley Wilkes and his father told Pa just last week that our commissioners in Washington would come to–to–an–amicable [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Seven
Jinnie found her lunch guests waiting for her in reception and while Paolo popped upstairs to get the twins and Izzy for lunch, Jinnie chatted to them. On his way back, Paolo spoke to the [more…]
Authoritarianism
The road to Serfdom: are we on the final stretch?
An attempt at an analysis from the perspective of a free Swiss individual What you’re about to read is the abridged and condensed English translation of a speech I gave in Munich in November 2023. [more…]
20th Century
Desert Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Deutsches Afrikakorps
The “Deutsches Afrikakorps” (DAK) were formed in 1941 after the failure of the Italian defence of their North African colonies against the British advance in Operation “Compass”. The Germans sent out the DAK, initially composed [more…]