Whenever a vexed public question nears some point of decision, the arguments for and against become increasingly desperate, even hysterical…. Read more »
Posts By: Jason Clarke
On a cold Sunday morning at precisely 4:50am, September 3, 1967 every road vehicle in Sweden came to a complete… Read more »
It was a little niggle. Not the sort you’d express out loud. Really, it wasn’t a big deal. It was… Read more »
Problems reveal themselves over time. At first you struggle to fathom what’s going on; there may be multiple signs of… Read more »
Consider a great conductor leading an orchestra in the throes of a majestic symphony. Now consider a metronome, a soulless… Read more »
A Californian couple recently claimed they’d barely eaten for nine years, sustaining themselves on the energy of the Universe alone…. Read more »
No-one who says ‘Talk is cheap’ ever means it as a compliment. They mean to devalue conversation and debate, to… Read more »
This is the Cookie Monster. He wants cookies and he wants them now; he’s so fixated on eating… Read more »
Read any of my posts and you’ll see I’m no grammar Nazi; I’ve misused the word parameter more than once,… Read more »
I used to stage operas for a living. It taught me a lot about passion. Every night we told stories… Read more »