The new is dying, but the old cannot be reborn. What do we do? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack These essays have developed a reputation in some quarters for being pessimistic. That wasn’t the intention—I just […]
Europe is facing up to the egregious failure and the consequences thereof of its political class A number of these essays have dealt with the consequences of the war in Ukraine for western states, and […]
In our fragile society, what other hope is there? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack I don’t usually write follow-up essays, but this week I’m going to make an exception. Last week’s essay reached a very large […]
There must be some way out of here … surely? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack A scene from Samuel Beckett’s Endgame The original idea behind these essays when I started them three years ago, was that […]
Do we mean what they mean? War, it appears, is in the air, or at least on the horizon, or if not that, maybe in the offing. Even if we have no clear idea where […]
Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots Read HERE
Governments now have no idea how to harness the essential decency of ordinary people to work together, and not even a language to talk about doing so. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack Once upon a time, […]
Everything is permitted but nothing is possible. As with anyone who writes regularly, ideas for essays strike me in different ways, at different times. Sometimes, I see coverage of a contemporary event or issue in […]
Why would anyone want to defend Europe? And so, by common consent, Europe faces its gravest collective political crisis since 1945. And so, by equally common consent, its political class has never been so weak […]
Well, probably more than you wanted to know, anyway. Read HERE
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