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What I Read In June

Posted on 27 June 2022 by Henry Gee

James Joyce: Ulysses Many years ago when the world was young Mrs Gee asked me what I’d like for my birthday. Uncharacteristically (I usually like a book, and maybe a box of Liquorice Allsorts) I asked for a night out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Another school shooting–will anything change?

Posted on 24 February 2018 by Steve Caplan

It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep one’s nose to the grindstone and carry on in America of 2018 as though everything is okay. That’s because it isn’t. I have to be optimistic—and despite Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman’s wariness of … Continue reading →

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Out of control

Posted on 23 December 2012 by Steve Caplan

The tragic, premature and incomprehensible loss of so many young lives due to the horrific shootings recently in Connecticut are a blight on American society. Unfortunately, this is not a new thing, although the massacre of children so young may … Continue reading →

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Come on America, let’s talk about Fear.

Posted on 16 December 2012 by Sylvia McLain

I don’t own a gun. I don’t own a gun not because I am *against* guns per se, but guns scare me. Research has indicated that if you carry a gun for protection you are more likely to be shot. … Continue reading →

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