To repeat a personal axiom I used in my previous post - If you don’t know where you come from, then how can you know who you are or where you are going? I think that is a valid basis, not just for the pursuit of the Greek admonition to self-awareness, to 'know thyself', but... Continue Reading →
I Do Care, of Course, About Some Things
...but there is a reason (I just learned, from watching this Gonzalo Lira video) why my attitude to writing has changed of late and I am being more selective on the things I write about. So, first this timely video, then I have a couple of things I think worthy of mention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmYUPIxlaxk Next, it... Continue Reading →
‘A Totally Criminal Essence’
I break for a moment from my current writing task (it will be finished in a couple of days) to share what I see as a very important statement from 'The Majority World'. Published by teleSUR - where you should really go to read it (I am only showing it here for convenience, and because... Continue Reading →
Making A Difference
This is not a story of events having any great magnitude on the global scale but it is, I believe, of sufficient interest to those who care about global events, for me to share here (and it is so well and ably presented). Something a little different from my normal posts. It is a tale... Continue Reading →
Restating Innocently Misstated Intent
"Russia not interested in European states falling apart — ambassador" - TASS Let me firstly interpret the meaning, for the Western ear, of this unfortunately not well expressed article title by TASS. What it DOES NOT mean is that Russia doesn't care if European states fall apart. It definitely does not mean that - although... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 