I remember the halcyon days of internet optimism of the late '90s. The internet would be decentralising, democratising, build links and communities between people. Independent, localised control, eve… (View Post)

I'm not sure that I absolutely agree that averyone who sends their children to a private school is doing that for a headstart, for their children, either socially or academically. It may be true, in … (View Post)

There's healthy assimilation, and less healthy over-compensation, sometimes among people who may have some other issues in some place of their background, identity/ and or upbringing, and personal ps… (View Post)

Hello again and a good sunny afternoon again, all. My nephew teaches at one of the more liberal-intellectual of the top public schools ( St Paul's, Westminster , Winchester etc, without naming which … (View Post)

I think this can be right, but we also need to be careful with definitions. Lula was fervently dismissed as a "populist" by publications such as "The Economist", and other self-ap… (View Post)