The Golden Notebook
I am so sure that everything we now take for granted is going to be utterly swept away in the next decade.
Tag: politics
Believe in People: The Essential Karel Capek
The cliche is blamed for spoiling language and style. While this may be true, its destructive...
The Captain and the Glory
There were a number of possible replacements for the Admiral – a dozen or so crew members...
The Etymologicon
Heckling is, or once was, the process of removing the knots from wool. Sheep are notoriously...
Nutshell
I stay awake, I listen, I learn. Early this morning, less than an hour before dawn, there was...
Covid-19 reading list for activists and the politically engaged
A lot of people have already written a lot of interesting responses to the Covid-19 situation,...
The Pandemic is a Portal
Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing...
Red Brocade
The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking...
The People Of The Abyss
The creature comforts man enjoys are the products of man’s labour. Since Civilisation has...
The Dispossessed
“Men are physically stronger,” the doctor asserted with professional finality.
“Yes, often, and larger, but what does that matter when we have machines? And even when we don’t have machines, when we must dig with the shovel or carry on the back, the men maybe work faster – the big ones – but the women work longer… Often I have wished I was as tough as a woman.”
A People’s History of The United States
White abolitionists did courageous and pioneering work, on the lecture platform, in newspapers, in...
The Betrayal of the West
We are racing toward the end of the world and have no plan of escape, but it is considered...
