Category Archives: Politics

Put not your trust in princes – Part 2

Posted on September 16, 2017 by JC

Thoughts on Donald Trump and the Wall

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What You Can Do: Useful & Useless

Posted on September 14, 2017 by JC

This post is mostly directed towards those on the alternative right, whether or not you want to call it that. I am still happy to stick by it and that is what I’ll be using here regardless of some of … Continue reading →

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Richard Spencer’s Mirage

Posted on August 28, 2017 by JC

I had the idea to write this much earlier this year but like many ideas it remained a (very short) draft and nothing more. With problems with computers, family and a recent return to my homeland, many posts that would … Continue reading →

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Health & Healthcare

Posted on July 28, 2017 by JC

I was inspired by a recent online discussion (discussion is being charitable), to put some of my disorganised thoughts on healthcare down in something close to a coherent form. Well after finishing, I hope it can be described as such.

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Rendering onto Caesar

Posted on June 16, 2017 by JC

Or why churches should pay taxes. In most countries that I am familiar with, charities, not-for-profit and churches can get a tax exemption status. This is widely known and generally accepted throughout society. Increasingly, the atheists of the variety that … Continue reading →

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Political Journalism is Stupid

Posted on May 21, 2017 by JC

It really is. And I really want to put emphasis on stupid. It is so stupid that I can’t understand why I was, and many intelligent people are, so caught up with it. When Paul Keating was Treasurer, there was … Continue reading →

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Voting & Skin in the Game

Posted on May 14, 2017 by JC

As I wrote last week, I’ve become increasingly skeptical of democracy over the last few years. That’s not to say I’m against it or would prefer another system, just that my thoughts on the question are increasingly outside the box … Continue reading →

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Kings & Freedom

Posted on May 7, 2017 by JC

I’ve been thinking about the contradiction in my thinking between my support for existing monarchies and my general hostility to government. Should I not favor democratic rule over hereditary? Do not monarchies exist because the monarch’s ancestors were the most … Continue reading →

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Put not your trust in princes

Posted on April 7, 2017 by JC

“Donald Trump may disappoint but anybody else will. He deserves a chance.” Me, March 15th, 2016 “…the worms slithering back will certainly try to lead him astray if he lets them in.” Me, November 12th, 2016 The two quotes above … Continue reading →

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Some commentary on Rerum Novarum

Posted on April 6, 2017 by JC

The other day I was by chance linked to Rerum Novarum, a 1890 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII on Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor. I’ve only read a few encyclicals and the ones I have are very densely … Continue reading →

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