What a great alignment is happening right now! We are celebrating the resurrection of Christ on Fool’s Day! For many of those who don’t share our beliefs, such alignment can offer an excellent opportunity for mockery. But we shouldn’t get upset about it, because it means we join a great line of people who faced such mockery since day one,…
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This year’s Oscars saw nine films nominated in the best picture category. Two of them were about the wartime Britain. ‘Darkest hour’ told the story of the early days of World War Two, when former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill battled with the dilemma of whether to negotiate with Hitler or fight on against Germany. The second film, ‘Dunkirk’ was an epic recreation of…
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Populism is on the rise – at least, that’s what the mainstream media want us to believe. The latest sign of its growing popularity seems to be the result of the recent general election in Italy. However, with a bit of knowledge about Italian politics – and I really do mean just ‘a bit’ – there’s nothing unusual with the…
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One of the most common defence strategies employed by people caught red-handed is to assert that their dubious activities did not breach the law of the land. Quite often, such claims prove to be correct: the activities, though dubious, were in conformity with the letter of the law. The main problem with the written law is that it is incapable…
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‘The Good Old Days.’ That’s an expression that brings to mind lovely memories of the (usually distant) past when everything was better than it is now. It’s a verbal and mental remedy that’s employed to soothe the uncertainties and anxieties of the here-and-now as well as of the future. Yet in fact the nostalgia of ‘The Good Old Days’ is…