Every society and world needs its leaders. I think we can all agree on what the necessary qualities for leadership are. Character for sure, and also maturity, goodness, greatness, intelligence, and brilliance. These plus wisdom, good values, morality, understanding, courage, honesty, and integrity. This is what’s needed in our future leaders, to have on...
An American Tragedy
It was very sad to wake up and hear of the Senate voting in favour of the GOP Tax Bill. What an awful Christmas present to America this is. Unbelievable, but not really surprising when you are aware of the trends in western nation towards austerity, and the rise of the xenophobia that helps...
The Truth About Drugs
In today’s celebrity and far left fuelled world, where being anti drugs is sure to mark you as being hopelessly uncool, or even politically incorrect, is there any wonder, as to the continued high number of deaths due to drug overdoses? On Netflix, television, movies, and music, drugs are universally portrayed as being normal...
On Goodness and Why it Matters
Goodness is not only the point of life and humanity, it’s also its necessary force and power. Every religion and culture stresses this point; it’s the core of all human understanding and religion. Those who talk of free will are also right; we all have it and need it. But what we don’t need is...
On Chris Packham and being different in a society that loves sameness.
I read on Twitter (@BBCTwo) this morning, that Chris Packham has Asperger’s. He has long been a hero of mine due to his media work with wildlife, and his raising awareness and protest against the Malta migratory bird slaughter. As for his having Aspergers, this is welcome news to me. Its surprising but not...
Perfection: The goal, not a dream
“I’m not perfect, I’m human” is an oft-spoken and well-regarded belief about the human situation. Perfection, and those who demand it are seen by many as overly demanding, fascist, unrealistic and unpleasant. This belief has sprung clearly into the forefront, as with all things these days, through its political implications. The whole Trumper, birther,...
The Greatness of God
God based religion is good but it can also be great. This greatness isn’t at all what people imagine it to be: the mega millions and mansions of the televangelists, the absolute centuries old decrees of Rome, or the populist power and will of extremist followers and their hate and fear based political victories....
On Mental Illness and Recovery
Generally by the time you realize you have mental illness and share the fact with others, it means you are no longer lost and you are back on the road of sanity and life. Mental illness is not being lost. We cope, deny and self-medicate when lost. We survive. Mental illness happens afterwards, when...
On Faith
People think of faith as some lofty, religious philosophical value or agenda. It really isn’t. Fath is what gives us the courage to live and fight. Anything that gives courage to good people we must honor, respect and be grateful for. It’s lack of faith that causes inaction, inertia, and fear in alot of...
On Class
Class is really what’s running politics these days. Populous issues are really class issues. In the UK with austerity and its elitism government, and the USA with their strictly bottom class politics and ideology. The majority mainstream voting high or low, siding with extremism and hate, but never for themselves or a unified correct...