Above and Beyond All Sides Now "I don’t know which side anybody is on any more. I don’t really care. There is a moment when we have to...

Extending and Entrenching the Corporate Form In 1995 I was on the accredited Masters European Industrial Relations and Human Resources...

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...

The Coming Lockdown Reckoning Introduction This essay articulates the growing scepticism which has come to define my position with...

Autocrats and Democrats I recently watched “The Internecine Project,” a movie I remember enjoying from the seventies and which I hadn’t...

This is a post for those who think that religion lies behind the geopolitical conflicts of the world. I write in response to those...

Physicist Albert Einstein was asked: "why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom...

It looks like the US finally found a US-backed coup that it didn't like. At least, I hope that enough Americans didn’t like it to finally...

I was once involved in a debate between atheists and theists. Unfortunately, it was that kind of debate in which the people with the...

The horn-wearing Q-shaman carrying a six-foot spear with an American stars and stripes flag tied just below the blade has been arrested....

How the Sophist Politics of the Contemporary ‘Left’ Liberates the Rich and Powerful I shall begin by commenting on the recent article How...

In a tweet of 30th September, Greta Thunberg wrote this: “Ending fossil capitalism doesn't mean we have to implement socialism. We're...

Against Environmental Non-Politics I’m finding the politics of climate activism increasingly incoherent. Activists call it a...

It is exactly twenty five years ago since I was accepted as a doctoral student at Manchester, so I’ve been looking back, with a mixture...

A Positive and Lasting Peace in the Presence of Justice This extended essay was written in response to the recent words and deeds of the...

Having witnessed the remarkable response on the part of large sections of the general public to government mishandling (and worse) of the...

When is it time for politics? Living in the greatest (immediate) global crisis in our lifetime is a bit overwhelming, an American friend...

Re-politicising the Environment Environmentalism in its mainstream form demonstrates a strong scientistic and technocratic bent, with...

Restoring the Moral Compass Social and Moral Restoration and The Need for an Authoritative Moral Framework “The test of the morality of a...

Pacification : Putting Politics on Ice as the Earth Heats Up This was an argument put forward by a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion:...