You also have to see someone like Putin’s actions through the prism of what he fears might happen to him if he lost the confidence of the elites and hence his job. Clue: it might not involve a nice l… (View Post)

Supporters of prohibition are dreamers. It can’t ever be effected properly. Even in countries where possession carries the death penalty, drug abuse still goes on under the surface, with the harsh en… (View Post)

Everyone else was being told to work from home. For this lot it was apparently essential to work in person. Now we know why. So they could rodger their university crushes on the board room table, hav… (View Post)

I watched Die Hard 3 the other day for the first time in ages. The zenith of Western civilisation pretty much. 1995, the most credible villain going was an East German bank robber. More innocent time… (View Post)

Do you think your life is better or worse for holding so many of your fellow citizens in mistaken angry contempt? (View Post)