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WHEN THE SOLUTION LIES IN WHAT MATTERS MOST

WHEN THE SOLUTION LIES IN WHAT MATTERS MOST

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With the excep­tion of their host, the lead­ers of the G7 gath­ered in Italy are demon­stra­bly con­fused about how to deal with surg­ing right wing pop­ulism. The advice they need was pro­vid­ed by  one of history’s most sto­ried right-wingers, Charles de Gaulle: “Faced with cri­sis, the man of char­ac­ter falls back upon him­self.… Read the rest

WHO WOULD WANT THE JOB?

WHO WOULD WANT THE JOB?

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If you’ve got good health and a decent pen­sion, being a retiree has a fair share of perks, not least of which is free­dom from the down­sides of going to work. As a ben­e­fi­cia­ry of those, I’ve been amus­ing myself by con­jur­ing up sym­pa­thy for peo­ple with jobs that make me won­der why any­one would want them in the first place.… Read the rest