A tricky question

Well, the multicultural experiment seems to have had a short life but a merry one.  What began as a grand design, apparently hatched up by the BBC and the university history departments, seems to be gurgling down the drain.  This does not mean that the multiple cultures in our country have disappeared ; but it [...]

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Time to step back and rethink

Many miles of news have been printed about the recent serious disturbances in London and elsewhere.  Clearly, the mere fact of the riots indicates the corruption we have in our society today.  People are even beginning to talk about our having lost our country. On the Daily Telegraph blog site, Pym Purnell has written a [...]

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For all the faults

  For all the faults, though ne’er so grievous, borne Upon my soul so perfect made but marred By misdirected hopes and fears so long, My prayer attend, O Lord, with mercy sworn. Thou  know’st of whom I speak so no retard, By extra words, impede or do aught wrong. Thy faithful servant all her [...]

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Tempting ideas – and where they might lead

I am not sure why, but from an early age I have been curious about psychology – from even that time before I knew the word psychology.  Of course, each of us is an individual, but what really interests psychologists is those things we have in common.  Like it or not, there’s more to humanity [...]

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Are we getting physical, then?

The great Oracle at Delphi once told a young Athenian that Socrates was the wisest man in the world.  When the youth asked Socrates why this was, he replied, “I suppose it is because I know nothing, but I do have opinions on many things!” We can see that Socrates was using the word knowledge [...]

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