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Is Trump a blessing in disguise for world peace?
Let’s first agree that if Trump is a blessing in disguise for world peace, he makes an exceptionally good disguise.
Some thoughts from on high
Sometimes we should just be grateful in this country for the steady hand on the tiller at the very highest levels.
Strategic voting and avoiding a no-deal Brexit
Things are shaping up for extraordinary developments in the UK, and I’m not talking about Brexit. Well, I am, but not directly. I’m talking about strategic or tactical voting.
Wanted: an executive email service with stamps.
Are you dismayed at getting 100 emails a day you need to wade through, disturbing your concentration? Does your administration bother you constantly with things you just ‘have to be aware of’? Are you tired of the ‘executive reports’, ‘award notices’, ‘compulsory breathing training’, ‘lost car keys’, ‘upcoming events’, and a million other reminders of how everyone else wastes their time?
The Italian Vilm Vestabule
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Observations on Poland and the Baltics
The family cycled from Berlin to Tallinn this year, giving me an opportunity to see how Poland and the Baltics have fared after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990s. Some observations:
– Poland is doing well. Agriculture there is as organised and productive as in Germany, with the newest combine harvesters collecting flour for millions of bread rolls.
Is it the social scientists job (or anyone else’s) to make models of reality? (Hint: no).
There is still, I think, not enough recognition by teachers of the fact that the desire to think – which is fundamentally a moral problem – must be induced before the power is developed.
How Good are Refugees? This year’s only MUST ATTEND dinner. 12th Sept, Melb.
If these kinds of things existed in my country, I wouldn’t need to be running for President to fix everything up.
Elizabeth Warren
The only thing that didn’t leave a nasty taste in my mouth last year was the food.
Barry the hypothetical troll from last year (He’s been debunked, defrocked, unfriended and univited this year)
