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NONE SO BLIND AS THE WILLINGLY BLINKERED

NONE SO BLIND AS THE WILLINGLY BLINKERED

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It’s not unrea­son­able to expect that those in a posi­tion to influ­ence the war in Gaza, or make real progress against cli­mate change, would know bet­ter than to be blind­sided. Instead, they’ve will­ful­ly proven the verac­i­ty of Dan­ish philoso­pher Soren Kierkegard’s tenet:“There are two ways to be fooled/ One is to believe what isn’t true; the oth­er is to refuse to believe what is true.”… Read the rest

HEED THEE SHAKESPEARE, COP 26

HEED THEE SHAKESPEARE, COP 26

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Hav­ing deliv­ered lines of brave words, glow­ing promis­es and sweep­ing com­mit­ments to cur­tail cli­mate change, the prin­ci­pal actors have left the stage of COP 26, the ‘last, best chance’ to save the world. Their resumés don’t bode well for the play’s cli­max, how­ev­er. We the audi­ence can only hope Shake­speare got it wrong when he wrote: “An over­flow of good con­verts to bad.”… Read the rest