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AN ARCHAIC WORD SUMS UP A MODERN FAILURE

AN ARCHAIC WORD SUMS UP A MODERN FAILURE

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Sum­mits, which typ­i­cal­ly have more to do with words than actions, are habit­u­al­ly known by their acronym, which leaves the field wide open for re-inter­pre­ta­tion. I there­fore sug­gest that in the case of the major play­ers in COP27, the “P” — which stands for “Par­ties” — be replaced with the plur­al of an archa­ic Eng­lish epi­thet: “poltroon”.… Read the rest

A Billion Here, A Billion There

A Billion Here, A Billion There

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It must be real­ly annoy­ing to be so rich that bleed­ing hearts are always bang­ing on about how you could sin­gle-hand­ed­ly solve world pover­ty or what­ev­er. So, here’s a sug­ges­tion to ease the pain for the world’s lead­ing mul­ti-bil­lion­aires: try cash­ing in on the wis­dom of Ben­jamin Franklin: “It is prodi­gious the quan­ti­ty of good that may be done by one man, if he will make a busi­ness of it.”… Read the rest