Progressivism | Going Postal

Divided Nation

8th October 2020 Jwp 0

There are many similarities between family life and the life of the nation. Peace in the home tends to come through being united around common values and expectations. The presence of harmony within the walls [more…]

Why is Portland Like Portland?

29th July 2020 Always Worth Saying 1

If Chicago is “The Windy City”, New York, “The Big Apple”, New Orleans, “The Big Easy” and Reno, Nevada, “The Biggest Little City in the World”, then Portland, Oregon, is “A Big Retirement Home for [more…]

Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

8th November 2019 0

Question Time 7th November 2019 Panel: Barry “Uphill” Gardiner (Wind the bugger up and set the snooze button to zzzzzzz) Kirstene Hair (Tory who admits she didn’t vote in the referendum)) Humza Yousaf (SNP Scottish [more...]
Macroeconomics? The highway to collectivism

15th June 2020 0

It is noticeable that the Covid-inspired devastation has brought out a sizeable crop of (apparently) sane economists who claim that we should stop worrying because it’s all OK, really. The Treasury should carry on printing [more...]
Crossword No. 125

4th July 2020 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 124 jgm2 ( I really will get [more...]
Absolutism and Abortion

5th December 2017 2,507

The ongoing vilification of Jacob Rees-Mogg regarding his specific view on abortion is beyond the pale for any society that regards itself as civilised and rational. There is a reason that numerous philosophical dilemmas and [more...]
Gardening In A Pandemic & Adventures in Photography; The Living World

24th May 2020 0

Welcome back to the greenhouse. I touched on it briefly in my last missive from the garden, but one of the problems with having an inordinate amount of time on ones hands is finding something [more...]