Liverpool - Champions of Europe, Again There were some remarkable scenes at the Liverpool Homecoming on Sunday. I would say that this...

Pleonexia and Public Life I begin with a couple of articles. First, this one written by Aditya Chakraborty in The Guardian: Amoral and...

My Conception of Socialism I have been a socialist all my life and I openly identify as a socialist. The argument I make in my work is...

Men and Their Machine Gods Excuse the rather inadequate image. I liked it but couldn’t find a better version, and so will replace it when...

Miles to Go is Miles Away, Does the Sunshine Ever Stay? Hello Sunshine, Won't You Stay? A new song from Bruce Springsteen, and a new...

Eurovision Song Contest Top Twenty Five Guide to Eurovision At risk of losing the few friends of good taste and reasonable intelligence I...

Bridging Theoretical and Practical Reason Bridging the gap between theoretical reason and practical reason. We scientists don't know how...

The Eco-Republic The Eco-Republic The Republic in an Age of Social Ecology I'd like to talk a little about 'Green Republicanism' as it...

It was Jacques Brel's 90th birthday in April. I once had a most untypical loss of temper when giving a talk to a class in Liverpool. Some...

SOLID AIR, OR THE SOUL OF ROMANTIC MELODIES IN PRAISE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO, IN LIFE, ARE HARDLY EVER THERE BUT ARE ALL THERE, ALL THE...

SOLID AIR, OR THE SOUL OF ROMANTIC MELODIES IN PRAISE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO, IN LIFE, ARE HARDLY EVER THERE BUT ARE ALL THERE, ALL THE...

Traditional Cures for Modern Ills I've chosen a provocative title for this piece quite deliberately. I'm not a reactionary and do not...

Capital and the Inversion of the Moral Law The billionaires’ donations will turn Notre Dame into a monument to hypocrisy by Aditya...

Nothing Lasts Forever The Case for Something Against Nothing Notre Dame “Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever...

Christian Democracy in the collision of moral and economic imperatives This is an interesting read for me, as a socialist with religious...

Happy Easter. I attended the Easter service at Mt. Baldy Village Church, Mt. Baldy, California and heard a wonderful message concerning...

Science is Never Settled My response to an article like this is to resist the temptation to restate the latest climate science, what the...

WORKS IN PREPARATION Below is a list of the works I am preparing for publication. I have been researching questions of ‘Being and Place’...

Being and Place Posts Neither "yes" nor "no" - against sophism in politics Living in the Sociopathological World Elvis as a Musical...

"Time is short, and suddenly you are not there any more." RIP Albert Finney. Albert Finney obituary Actor hailed as the new Olivier but...