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Talk about an obsolete idea. It seems the people who prosper too much these days are the cheaters themselves. But I leave that discussion…
It describes something, usually a drug, that stops farting. I fell across it in an odd place: an essay about Shackleton’s medical kit from…
Andrew Wilkinson’s idea won’t leave my head as I scratch it to come up with any successful person it doesn’t describe. Which got me…
I’ve read this for decades on my passport, feeling even today that we enjoy special privileges in far-off lands. But it’s a testament to…
It’s the nickname for Venice and how, despite repeated ravages to its empire, it always appeared serene and in charge. The same can be…
Wole Soyinka said this to remind us that “all hat and no cattle” is the true plague of our age. So I was surprised…
There’s a scientific reason the Dog Days of Summer describe these hot sultry days. There’s also a market reason; a movie reason; and of…
There’s a scientific reason the Dog Days of Summer describe these hot sultry days. There’s also a market reason; a movie reason; and of…
Yes. Although the end is getting easier. You can choose the time and place of your exit. You can memorialize your life more memorably….
Yes. Although the end is getting easier. You can choose the time and place of your exit. You can memorialize your life more memorably….
Lao Tzu said this in 525 BC when anxiety didn’t yet define an entire age of human existence.
But as temperatures boil over actually…
H.L. Mencken said that for every complex problem there’s an answer that is clear, simple and wrong. It’s tempting to link the problems of…
People can get used to anything. Cannibalism if you’re hungry enough. Genocide if you’re evil enough. Driving to Buffalo for surgery if your hip…
Grab those 155 candles to put on the birthday cake, and when you sing “O Canada” you’ll want to face south to our neighbour…
This is the last Omnium-Gatherum blog you’ll receive until the July 1st weekend. I’m out of the office, basking in the sunny Shetlands, Orkneys…
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