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Stock Market Bottoms & Intuition
The stock market bottom that is. Have we seen it? Can intuition and emotion help predict stock prices or is market timing a purely rational exercise? Do feelings count? On November 20th, 2008, we took my father out for a … Continue reading
Food for Thought
The current food crisis gripping the planet put me in mind of former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers infamous World Bank memo on pollution that cost him his job. In the memo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_Memo), Summers appears quite bluntly to advocate for … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, food, food crisis, global warming, maslow, pollution, poor, rich, summers, the environment
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Environtology: Sacred Earth, Profane People
These days it is not uncommon for environmentalism to be described as a kind of religion. Even without analysing such a statement, it rings true to many people. Why? Some might assume that because the environmental arena is fraught with … Continue reading
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Tagged church and state, economics, environmentalism, global warming, mercea eliade, Michael Chrichton, politics, profane, Religion, sacred
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Corpophobia
It astonishes me how seemingly rational people buy into ridiculous conspiracy theories. A popular fantasy that people sucker into regularly these days is the myth of the evil corporation run amok. Bloodthirsty with greed, shadowy corporate operatives conspire to topple … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy theories, corporations, crime, economy, evil, politics, prejudice
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Panic Locally, Warm Globally
I was having a few beers with some friends the other day and the conversation got around to global warming. “Complete bull-#$%!,” exclaimed one friend. “It’s all left-wing politics.” “He’s right!” said the other. Who in their right mind would … Continue reading
The February March
My son’s indie rock band has changed its name from Formula to The February March. They have just released a ctitically aclaimed new CD entitled City of Glass. Check them out at myspace.com/thefebruarymarch
Christians, Jews and Anti-Semitism
Credible Jewish groups such as the Anti Defamation League and other commentators have said that Mel Gibson’s blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ is anti-semitic. Why? I still remember the shock I felt when I learned in 1983 that … Continue reading
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Tagged anti semitism, christendom, christianity, jews and christians, judaism, mel gibson, the passion
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Relatively Speaking
Profound truths are often to be found in paradox. This is why Pope Benedict XVIs attack on the dictatorship of relativism is a stoke of brilliance that will simultaneously strengthen Christianity and ease religious strife worldwide. Called fighting words by … Continue reading
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Tagged multifaith, pope benedict xvi, ratzinger, relativism, Religion, social evolution
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Match Point – The Opera
Woody Allen’s recent film Match Point affords a great look at contemporary London and a truly operatic plot with love triangles, shocking violence and a main character seduced by his vaulting ambition. The film opens with an ancient and worbling … Continue reading
Rant # 3, War of the Words; Islam and the "T" Word
The language of dialogue in the current global war of worldviews is so vague that any chance of peace is lost in a sea of meaningless words and overused catchphrases. To see a way to understanding between the West and … Continue reading
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Tagged anachism, islam, joseph conrad, terror, terrorism, terrorist, the secret agent, the west
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