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Authoritarianism

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
Authoritarianism

We have all become experts

27th April 2020 Emile Woolf 0

Or have we? In the course of more than four weeks of self/family isolation we have all encountered mountains of speculation on the sources of Covid-19; how it spreads; estimates of its final tally of [more…]

Authoritarianism

The Great Confinement

15th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. C.S. Lewis Greetings [more…]

Rookwood, Going Postal
Arts

Just a matter of trust

14th April 2020 Rookwood 0

We are all currently sliding on a well greased mat, guided by the cavernous walls and twisted pathways of the ponderous helter-skelter of fate, rapidly descending into oblivion. Any reasonable or sane individual will by [more…]

19th Century

Lincoln Predicted How Americans Would Lose Their Freedoms

6th April 2020 Patrick Barron 0

In 1839 Abraham Lincoln, a young twenty-eight year old lawyer, was asked by the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois to address the group on “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions”. The result elevated Lincoln’s [more…]

Patrick Barron, Going Postal
Authoritarianism

Two Distinctly Different Approaches to Crisis Resolution

30th March 2020 Patrick Barron 0

There are two very distinct approaches to crisis resolution. One is the socialist approach, adopted by most governments of the world in the latest coronavirus crisis. The other is the individualistic approach, used by few [more…]

Authoritarianism

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste – Part II

25th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“Trust the state. Do what they say. They’ve never lied to us before, have they?” – Daniel McAdams, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Central bankers are washing their hands too Looking at the [more…]

James Dalton, Going Postal
21st Century

Trump and the China Virus. A Glitch in the Matrix 2020

25th March 2020 James Dalton 0

You have to hand it to them. To politicians and journalists in the pockets of worldwide big money. They know exactly what they are doing – and the world succumbs. “Even when the squirrel really [more…]

Authoritarianism

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste – Part I

23rd March 2020 Going Postal 0

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that, it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” – Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s Chief [more…]

21st Century

Fred and Doris

17th March 2020 Tachybaptus 0

Doris said, ‘I heard on the BBC that us old folk are going to be confined to barracks because of that virus. They said it’s for our own safety,’ Doris was 83 and her husband [more…]

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