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Are these related?
And on the Facebook page… …and a few months later… Arizona Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords and a number of other people have been shot. This district was one of the places in the Sarah...
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No guns!
I am absolutely, 100% for the strict control of gun ownership. Here’s a start on why, from an American perspective of course, but more later:
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Imagine…
It’s election time in Ireland again, and one of the joys of being an immigrant who dawdled with handing in her application for citizenship is that I can’t vote. That doesn’t stop me from staring at the...
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Headdesk
I think that was a semi-permanent state of mind for me when I lived in South Africa. On one hand, you saw the desperate poverty all around you while you lived a ‘normal’ life in a suburb much like...
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More from Selfish Society
Oy vey. Listen to this: Power and money are likely to be particularly attractive to people who, for whatever reason, lacked an emotionally secure childhood. Both power and money offer a direct route to...
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Why I hate politics SO INCREDIBLY MUCH
A few moments ago, I saw a photo on a friend’s timeline. This one: I have myself been a fulltime mom since my first was born more than 14 years ago, and I know full well how damn hard work family...
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Have things changed that much?
I wouldn’t want to live in the middle ages. As much as readers of romance novels might think the days of knights and royalty were amazing, I think modern life is better in many ways. I wouldn’t even...
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A different kind of democracy
Recently, I was quite impressed with the opinions Russell Brand expressed in an interview with Jeremy Paxman. Many people are ripping into him for the views he aired, and this is as it should be...
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Are we teaching our politicians not to listen?
One of the most fascinating books I’ve read is Sue Gerhardt’s The Selfish Society. The last few days, with political scandal on the front pages here, I’ve thought again of her description of...
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More than disagreement
About forty minutes ago, I was sitting in DKIT’s canteen with my son, Jonathan, discussing an urgent issue – we meet there when we have to talk during his school’s lunch, as his school is adjacent to...
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