There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses. They are much nearer to each other than either is to my own ideal – of breaking up […]
I am very glad that my persistent efforts not to learn Latin were to a certain extent frustrated; and that I was not entirely successful even in escaping the contamination of the language of Aristotle and Demosthenes. At least I know enough Greek to be able to see the joke, when somebody says (as somebody […]
Our last pre-Covid-19 dive in the shallow channel between Goat Island and the mainland. The place is a marine reserve, it used to be full of fish, but it seems that the pressure from tourists, which are not allowed to feed them, causes them to move further off shore. However, in the evenings they return […]
“Why are boys sent to school, Robinson?” Robinson, with downcast eyes and an air of offensive virtue, replied faintly, “To learn, sir.” “No, boy, no,” said the old gentleman wagging his head. “It was because one day at breakfast Mr. Robinson said to Mrs. Robinson, ‘My dear, we must do something about that boy. He’s […]
Testing Panasonic AG-HVX200 in Gates housing in murky waters of Browns Bay right off the beach. Divers: Adam Poloha, Daniel Poloha Cameras: Adam Poloha (GoPro 4 Black), Daniel Poloha (HVX 200)
He is much less of an Imperialist than Dante, and even his Papalism is not very Imperial. He is very fond of phrases like “a mob of free men” as the essential material of a city; and he is emphatic upon the fact that law, when it ceases to be justice, ceases even to be […]