This is my last blog of the year – then, as usual, there will be… Read postDangerous Times

Since I learned four years ago that both my eyes show ‘age related macular degeneration’,… Read postA Beautiful Relationship

My sister’s Xmas family lunch is an important annual event for me; round a festive… Read postTribal Rituals

In January 2018, days before her death at the age of 88, Ursula Le Guin… Read postThe Wherewithal

The Harvard psychologist. Steven Pinker, is an optimist – he holds that whereas daily TV… Read postBetter Angels

Taking measure of the life we’ve lived is an unavoidable part of being 80; psychologists… Read postTaking Measure

I have long been anxious about this US election; the dark dread of another Trump… Read postDesperados

For years, we have all watched, as the so-called ‘Cookie Monsters’, Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon… Read postLonesome Dove

There is not enough public debate about the morality of markets – the common life… Read postThe Common Good

I write this on an overcast day of dreich and drizzle; the weather sets my… Read postGetting Through This