Oh, Easter!

It’s Easter again, and the media are filled with reflections on the dominant religion in Western culture, Christianity. One such article I came across claimed that this dominance was the result of free thinking, not in any way related to the idea that you’re likely to be Christian if you’re born into a Christian culture,…
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The fox and the henhouse.

THE FOX IS BACK IN CHARGE OF THE HENHOUSE.

Yes, the double entendre is intentional. It’s a rather extended one, so you may as well stop examining it now or you’ll get a headache, or maybe just stop wanting to examine double entendres any more, which I’m sure would be a pity.

Good Old Capitalism

Well.  It seems the world is once again learning the true nature of Capitalism: it’s boom and bust, over and over.  The good thing about it is that we live under a generally comfortable but totally misunderstood version of freedom.  The bad thing is that when the economy busts, we gain a clearer conception of…
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