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Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 2

17th October 2019 The Black Swan 0

Published by Quill, an imprint of William Morrow & Co. 1988 paperback edition (first published 1987) ISBN 0-688-07951-2 In the previous part of this review and discussion, we looked at Part I of Thomas Sowell’s [more…]

Book Review: A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles by Thomas Sowell – Part 1

10th October 2019 The Black Swan 0

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…]

Oysters 2½ Ways

19th June 2020 0

“O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter, You’ve had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?’ But answer came there none — And this was scarcely odd, because They’d eaten every one.” The final verse [more...]
Soooup!

19th February 2020 0

This is a total hit with all the family and Mum used to cook it for us every few weeks. She used a lot of packet mixes, some of which are hard to find these [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 18

8th June 2019 0

Mr Gecko lived in the roof space of 25 St Therese Street, in the subdivision of Yulo, in Josephina City, near the creek, slightly inland, on Josephina Island, half way down the Philippine archipelago. He [more...]
The death of Habeas Corpus

1st October 2019 0

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...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 24

3rd August 2019 0

Maria Jessica Alfaro y Mincey graduated in Business Administration at the Philippine Christian University in Manila, having majored in Management. She was born on the 12 March 1964 and was therefore 27 years old on the night of the 29-30 June 1991, the [more...]