Annus Horribilis 2021- When Power Corrupts.
Will Keys I received an email that was headed “Annus Horribilis, “can it get worse in 2022?”.The email writer is a respected, mildly liberal, member of our discussion group (“DG”).…
Cognitive Biases Galore
Will Keys | There are diverse and novel Christmas gifts, and some ingenious ways to profit from that market. A young and apparently well known Australian Marxist-feminist, we’ll refer to…
What is a Zeitgeist?
Will Keys A zeitgeist is defined as a spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. And so it…
SOS – Steve on Sunday (sometimes)
Steve Lunderstedt Sunday 19 December 2021 Magersfontein O Magersfontein Greetings my fellow lovers of history and walks in the veld. Over the days of 10 to 12 December 1899 one…
Brilliance over 2,200 years ago and Brilliance in 2021.
Will Keys The James Webb Telescope. On the 28th December 2021, the fantastic, incredible, and brilliant James Webb Telescope (“JWT”) will be launched into space from French Guiana, on an…
A verdict that made the immoral froth at the mouth.
Will Keys The Kyle Rittenhouse trial was held in Kenosha Wisconsin, USA. The case attracted worldwide attention and became a legal litmus test of what remains of justice and decency…
What happened to Rhodesia? And a Queen’s Counsel (“QC”) Legal Opinion.
Will Keys Historical backdrop. On the 11th November, 1965, Rhodesians listened intently as their Prime Minister the Hon. Ian D. Smith, addressed the nation. In a strong phenotypically accented voice,…
Who are the ‘nice’ people?
Will Keys Disclaimer: I am not a clinical psychologist. On the other hand, I have studied psychology at a tertiary institution, my major discipline is the law. The primordial psychological…
SOS – Steve On Sunday
21 November 2021 Steve on Sunday (sometimes) Greetings to my seven keen readers, whom I suspect of not having really missed the weekly blurb these last few months. Or is…
How to give away money, sit on ones hands, and orchestrate a defeat.
Will Keys Extract: “The Nineteenth-century military philosopher Carl von Clausewitz observed that the first duty and the right of the art of war is to keep policymakers from demanding things…