Putin wants the whole of the Soviet empire back. Iran wants the whole of Israel gone. Trump thinks money can be the deal maker but he is wrong. For some people money is neither the aim nor the difference. Call it vanity, religion, male hormones it doesn’t really matter, people will die and the USA…
Month: April 2025
Never Forget
The attempt down the ages to make us ethical thinkers has never worked on a national scale. There are many reasons for this but one of them is the sheer intensity of the work. To think through one’s every action and interaction to ensure it has the highest quality of ethical outcomes for us, is…
By All means
Forget that men and women once had a conscience and did not think money should rule our lives. The Song of the Shirt” is a poem written by Thomas Hood in 1843. It was written in honour of a Mrs. Biddell, a widow and seamstress living in wretched conditions. In what was, at that time, common practice, Mrs….
I Don’t Need …
I don’t need a god to tell me not to kill, not to go to war, not to lie to to make money, not to rape or abuse women, not to hurt children, not to place my culture above all others, not to think of my country as better than all others, not to demand…
Privatisation
I remember the Thatcher revolution. Giving everyone a chance to own a few hundred shares in something they already owned. The water that needed billions invested in to clean up its act, the electric companies that could no longer put purchases onto the bill because it was unfair competition, the selling to the grandchildren the…
The New War
There is much talk about bombing Iran and stopping them attaining the nuclear bomb. I do not disagree with the aim, the mullahs are dangerous and their stated belief system to make Islam the religion of the world is and has been a prime threat for 1400 yeas. But the stated solution to bomb the…
People Are Asleep
I talk to some people I meet going shopping or in stores and I hear them say ‘he is awful’ and ‘this is terrible’ but they don’t have the information ready to support their case. I provide it. they are not sure of names, they are not too sure what they are complaining about in…
The Art Arena
We all know the art arena at the auction house/international level is corrupted by money chasing investment and nothing else. We also know that people chasing the money chasing that investment look for new ideas and new names to sell into that market and that encourages talented self-promotion on an industrial scale. It has led…
Roulette
I cannot even imagine how much money Trump and his minions in the know made in the last ten days. Knowing they could crash the market and then bring it bubbling back up their investments were like casino rules where hey are the house. We know many of them traded before the tariff announcement and…
There is no Democracy
where there is no informed voter. The beginning and end of all freedom is knowledge. Knowledge of what makes you free, knowledge of what makes you a servant. And all knowledge begins with questions. If you do not know, do not trust someone else to inform you they will have an agenda. Find out for…