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Married only 13 years, today
Read more: Married only 13 years, todayToday, Beth and I have been married only thirteen years. I’m a lucky man 😀
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Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That » The Cobden Centre
Read more: Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That » The Cobden CentreVia Tangible Ideas – Goodbye to All That » The Cobden Centre, Sean Corrigan explains the end of an economic era: The sheer violence of this reversal of fortune — something akin to the sudden, mortal swoop of…
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Labour has divided Britain into ‘two nations’ in poverty and crime, say Tories – Telegraph
Read more: Labour has divided Britain into ‘two nations’ in poverty and crime, say Tories – TelegraphVia Labour has divided Britain into ‘two nations’ in poverty and crime, say Tories – Telegraph: Britain has been divided by Labour into “two nations”, with deprived communities plagued by crime falling into “different worlds” from their wealthy neighbours,…
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Britain’s energy crisis: How long till the lights go out? | The Economist
Read more: Britain’s energy crisis: How long till the lights go out? | The EconomistThe Economist asks some very reasonable questions: Thanks to its posturing politicians, Britain will soon start to run out of electricity. What should it do? IN THE frigid opening days of 2009, Britain’s electricity demand peaked at 59…
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The Anatomy of (a responsibility) Revolution
Read more: The Anatomy of (a responsibility) RevolutionThe Anatomy of Revolution by Clarence Crane Brinton repays close study. We find that: Revolutionary movements arise in the discontent of prosperous people who feel “restraint, cramp and annoyance, rather than downright crushing oppression”. Successful revolutionaries “are born…
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FT.com – The brighter side of expensive oil
Read more: FT.com – The brighter side of expensive oilPerhaps cold comfort to those of us who live out of the city: It is often pointed out that if Martin Luther King’s most famous speech had declared: “I have a nightmare”, he would not have persuaded anyone.…
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A day of reckoning: how to end the banking crisis now » The Cobden Centre
Read more: A day of reckoning: how to end the banking crisis now » The Cobden CentreDrawing on the work of Nobel Laureates in economics from three traditions, plus numerous other distinguished scholars, Cobden Centre Chairman, economist and successful entrepreneur Toby Baxendale presents an informal introduction to our proposal for honest money and the…
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Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn – Telegraph
Read more: Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn – TelegraphVia Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn – Telegraph: Police cannot be trusted to hand out summary justice and will act as “judge and jury” if given powers to issue more on-the-spot fines, magistrates have warned. In…
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My finest motorcycle?
Read more: My finest motorcycle?After nearly two months of distractions ((Earning a living, poverty, banking and a transformation in motoring… it’s a quiet life.)), this week I have returned to the important business of riding my motorcyle. I tend to imagine I…