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**THE DEATH OF POLITICAL COURAGE AND RESPONSIBILITY** Political
**THE DEATH OF POLITICAL COURAGE AND RESPONSIBILITY** Political courage is apparently dead. I waited 24 hours. I really cant wait any longer. Or avoi...

Perspective. And horror. I abhor the US gun culture. All of it. I
Perspective. And horror. I abhor the US gun culture. All of it. I despair of the gung-ho attitude of some, too many, policemen. I am genuinely working...

Wonk Warning! Sometimes politics is not about being right.
Wonk Warning! Sometimes politics is not about being right. Sometimes its about being brutal. Thats why, generally speaking, I like Barack Obama and...

Twenty-five years ago, as the Berlin Wall was falling, I was back
Twenty-five years ago, as the Berlin Wall was falling, I was back in the UK, holed up in my abandoned but still unsold apartment in Beaconsfield, spen...

I love the fact that our belief in myths so often overwhelms our
I love the fact that our belief in myths so often overwhelms our accurate analysis of history. Magna Carta did not give rights to the people. It es...

Ooh. This is a game I can play. As in, countering some of the
Ooh. This is a game I can play. As in, countering some of the nonsense doing the rounds in the British media one day before the Scottish Referendum (e...