An alternative take on the week's news
As I type this, David Davis has snuck out, Boris Johnson, a man not known for his circumspection, is being silent, trying, it seems to be all things to all people (Update: he's slithered off, too). Michael Gove is considered a snake in the grass by his own side. Many who voted to remain in... Continue Reading →
Last Wednesday, I started the soon to be famous weekly post, Happy Wednesday. The premise is simple: the news is often bad, and we need to balance it out with helpings of the good things going on in the world. And as you'll see below, there are lots of good things happening this week. Thai football... Continue Reading →
The dream opens in the year 2025. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has just been sworn in as the first female and Latina President of the United States. Her campaign ran on a platform of fixing the economy. Her common-sense reform of the tax code, combined with closing tax loopholes, was seen by the American voters as likely... Continue Reading →
I spent two glorious weeks earlier this month taking my four nephews, aged 6-11, to school. The eldest one is in year 6 and is looking forward to going to secondary school. The school that he is going to is a well thought of comprehensive school which is over-subscribed. From September, It will also close... Continue Reading →
"I see that there are many young people here; as an old man, a little advice... Life can set us a lot of snares, a lot of bumps, we can fail a thousand times, in life, in love, in the social struggle, but if we search for it we'll have the strength to get up... Continue Reading →
The Black Unicorn 