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20th Century

Of Poetics and Politics

1st April 2024 Going Postal 4323 Comments

How do you like your Poetry? Richly allusive, with detectable rhythm, a certain musicality about it? Or do you prefer a stripped-down, unembellished terseness-to-the-point-of-inarticulacy, a Tacitean, telegraphic brevity? Whichever, preference is yours, would you consider [more…]

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Sound Individualism vs Toxic Collectivism

14th March 2024 Going Postal 2374 Comments

When it comes to the State, however, and all its ministries, branches and institutions, a very different set of rules seems to apply – a much more lenient, flexible and liberal one. For example, the [more…]

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Plugging away – the story of an FOI request

7th March 2024 Northern Man 2172 Comments

Although I do some project management stuff from time to time as part of my daily grind I am by no means an expert, but I do properly understand the basics. I was pondering the [more…]

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A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; A Rift In The Political Continuum

5th March 2024 Colin Cross 2015 Comments

No rest for the wicked, also, or so it seems, no rest for Dave, who continues to throw himself, wholeheartedly, at the creation and preparation of our outdoor growing area. After much discussion about the [more…]

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A pathetic array of muddled and utterly unprincipled tax policies

19th February 2024 Emile Woolf 2518 Comments

The chief role of government is to enact laws that  protect the lives and civil freedoms of its citizens. Any “add-ons” warrant the most careful scrutiny before being admitted to the nation’s laws. However, even [more…]

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The slow, stealthy but steady spread of absolutism

11th October 2023 Going Postal 3260 Comments

Over the last couple of years, we saw countless examples of free speech suppression and of the steep price paid by those who chose to exercise that right. Divergent ideas and thoughts contradicting the government [more…]

Authoritarianism

The slow, stealthy but steady spread of absolutism

4th October 2023 Going Postal 2733 Comments

The struggle and rivalry between the “West and the rest” might be grabbing news headlines due to the Ukraine war these days, but in truth, it is anything but newsworthy. This antagonism, this battle for geopolitical, [more…]

Authoritarianism

Internal Combustion Fraught With Danger

2nd October 2023 Emile Woolf 2722 Comments

“Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”. This ominous observation, made by nineteenth century American poet Henry Longfellow, confronts rulers riven by internal discord so deep that it immobilises any capacity for coherent action. [more…]

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Testing the Socialist hypothesis

14th August 2023 Emile Woolf 2801 Comments

Kristian Niemitz, Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, wrote a book last year that explores the reasons why the idea of socialism persists as a viable economic system. In “Socialism: the Failed [more…]

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