Category Archives: Society

From Thriving to Dying

Posted on June 25, 2025 by JC

In keeping with the tradition of this blog, I am commenting on something quite some time after it was current news. The article that follows was published on the Guardian website on January 11th, almost six months ago. It gives … Continue reading →

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Put A Chick In It, And Make Her Lame And Gay

Posted on May 5, 2025 by JC

The above video is from a South Park episode called ‘Joining the Panderverse’ from a few years ago. I haven’t watched this episode but the phrase that I’ve used as the title of this post became a meme simply because … Continue reading →

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Daniel Defoe on Marriage

Posted on April 27, 2025 by JC

Daniel Defoe is best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe which was published in 1719. It is a novel which popularised the castaway narrative and adventure novels set in the Caribbean. It remains influential and celebrated though I expect … Continue reading →

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Hammers and Barrels

Posted on April 7, 2025 by JC

This month has brought us yet another example of the cluelessness those who are terminally online have about the real world. Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst had the hammer thrust down on him in a defamation lawsuit brought by Donkey Kong … Continue reading →

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Rhetorical Retards

Posted on March 23, 2025 by JC

This post will be similar in theme to one I wrote about books and bookshelves some four years ago. The short of the last one is that many people in elite positions like to project themselves as well-read though they … Continue reading →

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The People Vs. Slush Funds

Posted on February 18, 2025 by JC

There has been a lot happening in the United States since Donald Trump’s inauguration particularly surrounding the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is headed by Elon Musk. Unlike mass media, I don’t have a short memory and so … Continue reading →

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A Caution to Converts

Posted on February 7, 2025 by JC

Whether to Christianity, a political “ism”, some weird cult or regrettably even veganism, there is nothing more likely to infuriate those around you than the sudden zealous condemnation of behaviour you used to engage in or at least not disapprove … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Trump

Posted on November 10, 2024 by JC

It has been some years since I wrote about Donald Trump or American politics in general. I first started this blog in late 2015 when the events that culminated in the 2016 election of Donald Trump were unfolding. A lot … Continue reading →

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Gossip is Poison

Posted on September 30, 2024 by JC

This is another post with the obvious as its theme but that which is obvious, often needs to be re-stated again and again. Making a statement about gossip being bad will seldom provoke disagreement from anyone but most people will … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen and Feminists

Posted on August 31, 2024 by JC

One of the great things about my time in university was that I got to read and study a lot of great works of literature. One of the worst things about my time in university was that this was usually … Continue reading →

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