October 11, 2018
It is very hard to analyse what has been going on since 2016. The escalator ride down to the podium with his wife. The paid supporters cheering from the balcony. The casual rape speech he gave. All of it seemed like the miindramblings of a midnight sketch writer. Trump has shown himself to be immune to criticism. He certainly feels criticism and it cuts him deeply but rather than changing his behaviour he deepens his commitmen...
January 22, 2017
The rain feels the same. The coffee tastes the same. The clothes on my back still warm me. Yet something feels different. The sinking feeling that one of the worst of humanity now has all the power that has accreted to the Executive. The power of assassination, of drones, of nuclear weapons, of contempt for women, of fear of the other. Is this what America is? Is this man the representative of the American ID? He certainly lo...
December 22, 2016
So this is it. We are coming to the end of 2016. We are coming to the end of the world, aren't we? Has it been a bad year? I have enjoyed many good cups of coffee. I have also had to drink some bad cups of coffee. The voters of Britain in a non-binding referendum voted to leave the EU without really knowing what the EU was nor that their vote was non-binding, nor, even, that their vote would make a difference either way.