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Sunday, 31 May 2015

Libertarian London - Part 1

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(Neil's Note: This is the first part of a story/political manifesto in three parts, originally written in 2010). I walk northwards along...
Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Why War and Terrorism Won't Go Away, until Politics and Institutional Religion Go Away

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(From the archives - December 31st, 2004). As we go about our daily lives, we rarely encounter conflict. Most people we meet in the street,...
Saturday, 9 May 2015

On the recent UK election

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(This is part of a comment I made on one of the blogs I frequent. I don't think it's bad). As you might expect given my previous s...
Monday, 4 May 2015

A Day Out With Liberty

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Recently, I attended the 2015 annual general meeting of Liberty, the biggest organization promoting human rights in the UK. I’ve been a memb...
Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Why I Won’t Vote on May 5th (or is it 7th?) – and Nor Should You

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(Neil's Note: This essay is from my archives. The date stamp on it is April 28th, 2005. Ten years on, I could write almost exactly the ...
Wednesday, 22 April 2015

On Bottom Up and Top Down Thinking - Part 21 and final

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21. Enlightenment and endarkenment Thus far, I’ve presented bottom up and top down thinking as polar opposites. While this is indeed what t...
Monday, 20 April 2015

On Bottom Up and Top Down Thinking - Part 20

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20. Which works better? Now, I’ll ask: Which produces better results in the real world? Bottom up thinking, or top down? I suppose that, a...