Madeleine Bunting, who specialises in defending religions against secular, humanitarian and rational criticism, has a piece in The Guardian this morning, with the title: A curious irrationality grips the British when it comes to migrants. Unusually, though, she means this … Continue reading
… it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker–may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday. Joseph Conrad, … Continue reading
There’s a lot of comment this morning about the two Police Community Support Officers who stood and watched as a ten year old boy drowned because they hadn’t been trained for rescuing drowning children. I’m not surprised; the words “community” … Continue reading
… of not smoking. I’ve tried to give up before, but always after cutting down first. This time, it’s a dead stop from thirty a day. I cannot believe how hard day one was. It was so impressively difficult it … Continue reading
Free speech is a bit of an issue right now. I’ve been glad to support a left wing blogger and a conspiracy theorist whose blogs have been forced offline by an Uzbeck billionaire, although I disagree with a lot of … Continue reading
When I typed this I omitted to say that the piece that sparked it all off can still be read here. I’ve read it, and am now aware of all sorts of allegations I wouldn’t have know if a certain … Continue reading
Two significant developments yesterday. A French court ordered France 2 to hand over unedited footage of the Mohamed Al Dura incident. Briefly, and follow that link for full information, the image of a Palestinian boy being killed by Israeli troops … Continue reading
I’ve become accustomed, somehow, to most photographs from concentration camps. Mainly taken of victims after liberation, they form part of our contemporary iconography of evil. Images in the newly released album of pictures of Auschwitz guards at play, lounging in … Continue reading
For crying out loud, what is wrong with these people? Still the press releases come: Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center said today that the extent of Arctic sea ice appears to … Continue reading
Busy until later, so not much posting today. A couple of updates, though. Bloggerheads et al will be reappearing soon, I’m glad to say. Very good summary of law and possible action at Ministry of Truth. BLINK’s editor Lester Holloway … Continue reading