Posts in 2020
Are you Wise or Woke?

Every period of history produces wise people. But only this century, this decade, the last few years, has produced people who are woke. By now everyone must have heard this word, used to describe those who have achieved a state of enlightenment and knowledge which enables them to magically see oppression, inequality, and injustice in ways that previous generations were blind to.

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This is the Right Time

Someone asked me the other day how they should best cope with the latest round of shocking events on Planet Earth 2020. I knew her quite well, so I jokingly said “You are ringside at the Fall of Rome. Enjoy it!” She did not laugh, which I suppose was fair enough. So I explained that what I meant was events – though they may seem interesting and important - are not where the action really is…

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