I was talking to my husband about political philosophy the other day (as we often do…don’t judge!), and I recognized something in myself that troubled me a little: I felt certain that I was defending a truth, and was therefore drawing a hard line in the sand and unwilling to compromise my position. I don’t even…
I’ll be honest, I don’t even know what Sainsbury’s sells, but wow – what an ad! It’s based on the Christmas truce of 1914, when British and German soldiers laid down their arms and played football. It’s a beautifully done piece of work; it shows that humanity exists on both sides of a conflict. Hopefully…
Thomas Paine wrote that “some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them, whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.” He goes on to say that “society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary…
