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"Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk therein' . . ." Jeremiah 6: 16

16 September 2009

Of "Liar!" (and other blunt words)

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For some time now, I've enjoyed a bitter running quarrel with today's political words. You know, those polite words that make up our...
05 September 2009

The Garden-room of the Heart

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I must be one of the most horticulturally illiterate souls ever to venture a written word on the subject. I know the merest handful of plant...

A Right Companionable Beast

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However we may apportion the lion's share of blame for the conflict, Russia's incursion last year into Georgia was a reminder. Polit...
04 September 2009

The Judges of God

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I suppose nearly all of us do it. I certainly have. But it seems to me there are few thoughts we can entertain that are worse than looking a...

Humility and Glory in Shakespeare

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A key point to remember in Shakespeare's plays: Everybody who is Anybody falls, and Time - almost as much as it is in life - is the gre...
01 September 2009

Exporting "America"

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Rule 3 of Twenty-first-Century Global Politics: Never underestimate the ability of Great Powers to combine - and in some cases even merge - ...
25 August 2009

The Salt of the Earth

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It seems to me that the world is made up of three kinds of people: 1) Those who are humble when they've been humbled (and that means mo...
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