The old heresy of our age
Science is now not a theory of knowledge acquisition, it is now a monolithic prophet that knows all and determines truth.
The end of Johnson
Johnson no longer has the strength to ride the back of the tiger, and his downfall now seems inevitable.
Disconnecting from reality
All this and much more, I think, reflects our disconnect from what actually is, in favour of what we have created.
Original sin and love
The inescapability of this reality means there is no cure; there is only a balm, one balm. Love.
Whatever happened to ‘we’?
Our society has been dismembered, and we now live in a world where every man is an island, identifying only with himself and foregoing all ideas of himself being part of a ‘we’.
A review of Once Were Warriors
The difference between a warrior and a thug is honour, and that strength without honour is pointless.
If they introduce voter ID, don’t bother voting
The idea of voter ID is a dictatorial concept; it asks us to identify ourselves to the state when it is the state that should be identifying itself to us.
Looking to Athenian democracy for solutions
Modern democracy has many problems; not least because of the tyranny of the majority. To think of practical reform however, we must go back to its origins.