One thing that stands out in all the conflicts going on just now is that not one of the national leaders who starts a war is at the front. Putin is the most obvious example, though all other leaders who have started wars are guilty of the same. What is also striking is that this …
Monthly archives: September 2022
How to judge whether a lifestyle change is having effect
Simply, you have to notice the change without looking out for it. That is probably the best way to ensure you do not bias or trick your perception, or even induce a placebo effect (admittedly beneficial in itself if you can sustain it). Whether eating a tonne of beetroot for its anti-oxidants and allegedly improve …
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Citizen’s Referendum Voting Platform
The problem with writing in a vacuum is you simply do not know how far off the mark you are, as there is no one to judge the plausibility and more or less sanity of any idea you examine. For this reason I have tried to warn the friendly visitor that there may, from time …
Take Back Control: Nationalise Public Utilities and Services
Britain is currently going through one of its worst national economic crises ever, just after the supposedly empowering move of Brexit. In amongst soundbites on freedom from the tyranny of the EU and a magical NHS (represented by a magic all bus) the slogan that reportedly clinched Brexit was as we all by now know …
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Why Did a Jewish Filmaker Raised in a Zionist family make “The Tinderbox”?
Many reviews of Anglo-Jewish filmmaker Gillian Mosely’s documentary, The Tinderbox: Israel and Palestine – The Untold Story, highlight that it raises uncomfortable questions, mostly for the pro-Israel camp. (See JW3, Jewish News and various film critic reviews, and a discussion with Mosely at Oxford University Middle East Centre). A fact based, emotionally and politically neutral …
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Queen Elizabeth II: Free At Last
The Queen of the United Kingdom has died. The nation mourns her death, and every subject takes from it – or perhaps projects onto it – a meaning that feels both personal and profound. But looking beyond the outpouring of grief, praise and inevitable celebration, what we see is less a remarkable woman born to …