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Love in a Cooler Climate
Even as sleep began drifting away, Adas knew he was a happy man. As he awoke fully, he began to wallow in the reasons for…
The Status Quo
Like everything else, Civilisation is in the throes of extreme societal upheaval. Of itself, this is not exactly an unknown condition. When we changed from…
The Irish Examiner, April 10 2021
Letters to the Editor: Big Tech and Anonymity In my lifetime (a long one), I have never known a key industry to be allowed such…
Brexit
When Brexit is mentioned nowadays (every two minutes), it is very difficult not to suffer a Laurel and Hardy moment - “fine mess you got…
Big Tech and Anonymity
Democratic societies are in trouble. Don’t just take my word for it, look at two of the world’s leading democracies; the U.S. and the U.K.…
The Ogre Has Gone
Yes! Gone. Not gone into hiding for a while: just gone, not to reappear until sometime in the future, when politics invents a completely new,…
The American Constitution for Laypeople
Why should a layperson write about a legal document? Because it is an important one, and while nearly all opinions that concern the law are…
The World Today as Viewed Through a Lens in 2120
Dateline: November 2120 Note: The authors, Sienna Mboya and Amélie Paralogos are both great grandchildren of Frank and Rosemarie Kennan, the originators of this blog…
Christianity
Don’t shy away because this blog is about religion, and specifically about Christianity. If you are a Christian be assured that it will not be…
Malign Influence
I am not normally tempted to write about current politics; they are too immediate, too transient and I am too passionate about them. But the…
The Irish Examiner, May 9 2020
Letters to the Editor: What is stopping us removing the insecurity of those living in rented homes? It would appear that the only group that…
An Essay on Civilisation
Behind the fun of creating such a library there is an underlying and important purpose: to help develop an understanding that our overall history is,…