A recent editorial from the Evening Standard is interesting both on account of one key strength, and one key weakness.

First of all, the good news.

The article does warn against a one-sided immigration policy. Continue Reading

Some months ago, the Russian parliament watered down the laws on wifebeating; something which is very difficult for a civilized person to understand. Continue Reading

You can either have hate speech laws or you can have freedom of speech, but you can’t have both. Continue Reading

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Regardless of my edgy satire on Islam and Islamism, and my love for Charlie Hebdo, I actually have no opinion on the historical Muhammad. Continue Reading

‘Spine-tingling’ is a great phrase, that can either be a metaphor, or a literal phrase.

But do any of you know of sayings that genuinely send a tingle down your spine? Continue Reading

The Chinese writer Lu Xun used to write essays called ‘Random Thoughts,’ although random is also translatable as ‘miscellaneous.’
This is quite a good thing to do. Here are a few thoughts which are only loosely bound together; they do, however, center around a few important themes. Continue Reading

I once commented on the Liberal Democrats Facebook page: Continue Reading

Offense is both subjective and objective.
Harassment is both subjective and objective. Continue Reading

Is there anyone who hates the moves? Staying at one and the same for years can make us absolutely indifferent to all things around us. This is why it is recommended to change living places once in awhile. At least within one city or town. Living in Riverside does not give us a lot of chances for going for something new even if we change the area. Continue Reading

Have you ever noticed there is a PC taboo (sometimes explicitly stated, sometimes more explicit) over the phrase ‘strong woman?’ Continue Reading

It’s really unsettling how there’s all this one-sided criticism of psychiatrists and therapy. OK, some people have had negative experiences, but there’s no one-size-fits-all approach.

Some people like CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). Some find DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) encouraging. Others stick with some form of psychoanalysis. Continue Reading

Once, on the Liberal Democrats Facebook page, I said: Continue Reading

This is based on a comment on my Medium account (user name: One Tongue Johnny. Please follow!)

I am a ‘moral absolutist’ about Holocaust denialism.

I am ‘dogmatic’ about the Holodomor.

I am ‘inflexible’ about Bush’s warmongering. Continue Reading

I do have an civility filter, albeit an imperfectly cultivated one. But I don’t so much have a self-censorship filter.
And I look around, and I see so many other people with a public voice, and I can see that most people do indeed have such a filter. And I ask…
Why? Continue Reading

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