History
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Armistice (Remembrance) Day 11/11/2025
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young by Wilfred Owen So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,And took the fire with him, and a knife.And as they sojourned both of them together,Isaac the first-born spake and… Continue reading
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The Rise of Neo-Feudalism and the Decline of Western Democracies
The signs and indicators have been around for a long time. The rise of the Oligarchs and their unbridled wealth. The Tech Billionaires and their Trillion dollar corporations. Mass poverty across nation states in the face of this extraordinary global… Continue reading
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Forgotten Books: A Review of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s A Discourse on Inequality
Ever wondered about inequality today, and how it came about? Rousseau’s treatise offers some insight. Published in the middle of the 18th century, the essay attempts to show the link between humanity, the natural world, and how we evolved to… Continue reading
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Grappling Then and Now with Demons by Seamus Cole
This article appeared in Quadrant Online, May 19th, 2025. It is re-posted here with the kind permission of the writer, Seamus Cole, and Quadrant Online. I am increasingly reminded that what’s old is also new again” and I suspect great… Continue reading