WORST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
This article by Robert Reich, entitled “The Worst Supreme Court Justice” is the first one I’ve seen that accurately documents the abuses that can occur …
DESTINATION BRUSSELS
An article in the Economist a few weeks ago, entitled “Destination Brussels”, reinforced my conviction that the United Kingdom’s future includes re-establishing its relationship with …
NECESSARY POLITICAL REFORMS
Writing two blogs in as many weeks about the current state of the Democratic Party got me thinking about some of the necessary political reforms …
CLAUDE MYTHOS PREVIEW
“On April 7, 2026, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it was releasing the newest generation of its large language model, dubbed “Claude Mythos …
FIVE STRATEGIC KEYS
“Five strategic keys lock up the world”. That was a statement from Sir Jacky Fisher, a Victorian admiral, spoken over a century ago. He cited …
DITCH THE BAGGAGE
“Ditch the Baggage” is a catch-phrase I think whoever emerges as the new leader of the Democratic Party should adopt if they really want to …
NATO
Among Donald Trump’s more idiotic, ill-informed, and dangerous announcements and threats, of which there are too many to even count, is the one that he …
BRITISH PUB PROTOCOL
I must admit I had never thought about British Pub Protocol before, but my excuse is that I was brought up with a pub culture, …
POTHOLES
My favourite “Pothole Watcher”, Stephen, just sent me an update on one of the world’s most persistent irritations. As a follow-up to his report, I …
DAVE ALLEN
I have been a fan of Dave Allen for many years, but I didn’t realise the effect he had on the art of comedy, and …