Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Seven
Monday Up very early this morning as Dilyn was yapping in that strange Welsh accent of his, wanting to be let out. It suited Bozzie as he was off to Dublin to meet the Teashop [more…]
European Union
Book Review
Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 1
Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 Having reflected on how often he had encountered the concept of ‘visions’ in his work over the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Six
Monday Forget all this Brexit stuff, the big news of the weekend was that it looks like Bozzie Bear and the Little Otter have adopted a rescue dog. Not any old rescue dog, but a [more…]
Arts
Minimum Wage & Crap Politicians
Conservatism The Conservative party have yet to understand that the key to post Brexit success is not to replace Brussels with Westminster but set the economy free from the bondage of crippling over regulation & [more…]
Conservatives
Lazarus Johnson
“When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.” John 11:43-44 What [more…]
Authoritarianism
The death of Habeas Corpus
Let me first fire a major pre-emptive shot across the bows of any reader who is a lawyer, judge or indeed any part of the legal system. I am not a lawyer, and apart from [more…]
Capitalism
Larry’s Diary Week Five
Monday Bozzie is still away this morning, at the G7, but he seems to have been upsetting a quite a few people. You might remember that yesterday he complained about the US not allowing our [more…]
Authoritarianism
Globalism v. Nationalism Part 8: Judges
“In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25 Once again, this piece is probably threatened with being overtaken by events, such is the fast-moving pace of the political scene at present. Last [more…]
America
Keeping Economics Simple
The US Department of Defence is a major customer of many private sector suppliers, including the Boeing Company. Although relationships between customer and supplier are mutually beneficial, that is by no means the only reason [more…]