I used to watch old men on television marching proudly, placing wreaths of poppies at the cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Many of them had fought in World War I but many more had fought in World War II as well as in later wars as these veterans were younger. Sadly, many of these brave [...]

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A few days ago I wrote about starting college in the early eighties. My best experiences at college were conversations about the meaning of life, why we were here and how we could make the world a better place.
We studied various political thinkers including Marx and we read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty Four”, wondering whether [...]

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