‘Ageism’ has become as toxic as racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, and all the other dangerous -isms that are pitfalls for the unwary and politically incorrect. Perhaps that’s why a unique aspect of the US presidential election has gone largely unremarked. No […]
Category: Social Commentary
Playing it safe
As directed, I avoided breathing the vapours. I chose to risk the less preferred option of a well ventilated area indoors; the recommended option, outdoors, was ruled out by heavy precipitation. I did not smoke. (This was easy for me, […]
Trying to catch the wind – and succeeding, all too well
Carbon emissions are invariably highlighted as the major culprit in climate change, but there is another contributor – possibly even more damaging – that has been overlooked almost completely. For decades, long before climate change became such a dominant global […]
Containing the waste line…
One of the best known quotations from the advertising and marketing business goes along the lines: “Half my expenditure is wasted. Trouble is, I don’t know which half.” Depending which side of the Atlantic you’re on, it’s attributed to US […]
The Professor, the Owl and the Pussycat
Our Professor of Physics was fond of explaining the difference between the Owl and the Pussycat. “The Pussycat” he would intone, “when cast into the middle of a pond, is powerless (once in flight) to avoid his fate. We see […]
Thy queendom come…
Long before women’s lib and feminism were invented – at least in the modern sense – I’ve been an ardent supporter. Probably one of the first males to come out unequivocally (almost) on their side. And I was then just […]