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An Integral Ecology - Ecological Writings
An Integral Ecology - Ecological Writings I will begin with a message sent to me by process philosopher Arran Gare: Dear Peter Critchley,...
Peter Critchley
Aug 6, 202249 min read
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Beware the Bigots
Beware the Bigots I have seen how quickly the unity and happiness generated by England’s Euro win has been spoiled by arguments and...
Peter Critchley
Aug 4, 20229 min read
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Being Beyond Time and Place
"Live with your century; but do not be its creature. Work for your contemporaries; but create what they need, not what they praise."...
Peter Critchley
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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Grave New World
Aldous Huxley issued this statement as a warning; the technocrats amongst us take it as a programme to be enacted. This is what one wrote...
Peter Critchley
Aug 1, 20225 min read
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Play the Game
To all those who have enjoyed England’s European championship win, and who have found it inspiring, now is the time to seek out your...
Peter Critchley
Aug 1, 202219 min read
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Digging and Healing: The Work of Reconnection and Restoration
Gustave Dore, The Angel of Peace indicating to Dante where to ascend Digging and Healing: The Work of Reconnection and Restoration An...
Peter Critchley
Jul 30, 202224 min read
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The Agony and the Ecstasy - Llandudno Ladies' Genero Adran North title win
Photo by Nik Mesney/FAW. All other photos taken by me. The Agony and the Ecstasy The story of my first season watching ladies’ football,...
Peter Critchley
Jul 26, 202230 min read
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Technocracy is not Socialism
Technocracy is not Socialism It’s soul-destroying for me to record that this meme has received 15 thousand likes on FB. I have explained...
Peter Critchley
Jul 23, 202246 min read
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THE FUTURE FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY THE FUTURE FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ABSTRACT This study engages in strategic and systematic...
Peter Critchley
Jul 19, 20229 min read
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The Revolution that is Eating Itself
The Revolution that is Eating Itself I will begin with this scathing review of Douglas Murray's "The War on the West" by Patrick Deneen....
Peter Critchley
Jul 14, 202215 min read
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Psychic Force, Manipulation, and Rationalisation
“Giving teenagers mindfulness lessons at school to boost well-being is largely a waste of time, a major UK study has found… Hundreds of...
Peter Critchley
Jul 13, 202219 min read
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Dante: He Hath Seen Well
Dante: He Hath Seen Well The painting is “Dante (He Hath Seen Well)” by Jean-Leon Gerome I've seen some get this title wrong as "He Hath...
Peter Critchley
Jul 12, 202214 min read
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The Catholic underpinnings of Rational Freedom
The Catholic Underpinnings of Rational Freedom “The Politics of Hell By Urban Hannon https://thejosias.com/2022/06/16/the-politics-of-hel...
Peter Critchley
Jun 21, 202213 min read
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Rational Freedom and Happiness in contemporary culture
In face of a movement which takes some of your own themes, reduces and relativizes them by way of arbitrary, self-chosen standards, and...
Peter Critchley
Jun 20, 202216 min read
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Politics is the worst religion
The reason people get angry when they hear a contrary view is that, deep down, they suspect that that view may be right. The main reason...
Peter Critchley
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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The ‘Green’ Agenda that is not about saving the planet
The ‘Green’ Agenda that is not about saving the planet The green agenda that is about accumulating money and power, not saving the...
Peter Critchley
Jun 8, 202284 min read
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When Truths are Lies
It is well-nigh certain that when someone refuses to answer a question and ducks a challenge that that person is peddling a lie and...
Peter Critchley
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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Excommunication
Excommunication from the Ecomentalist Cult I was commenting on a green "friends’" post when I found that my comments had been removed, as...
Peter Critchley
Jun 7, 202228 min read
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The Last Farewell
This drawing has a certain wistful charm. One of the highlights of my life was seeing the Queen in Queen’s Recreation Park, St Helens,...
Peter Critchley
Jun 7, 20221 min read
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The Dark Ages to Come Have Been Here a Long While
The Dark Ages to Come Have Been Here a Long While The Dark Ages are already upon us and have been for some time. “This time however the...
Peter Critchley
Jun 6, 202221 min read
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