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Category Archives: Politicrox
The Origin and Extinction of Humanity FAQ
People often ask questions about the lifetime of our own species. Questions such as ‘how long have humans existed?’; ‘When will humans go extinct?’ and ‘Did humans ever nearly go extinct in the past?’ Another one is ‘how will humans … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in climate change, did humans nearly go extinct in the past?, evolution, extinction, future projections of human populations, Homo sapiens, how long have humans existed?, how will humans go extinct?, Politicrox, population growth, population trends, Research, Science Is Vital, space exploration, Technicrox, The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, total fertility rate, when will humans go extinct?, why will the human population stop growing?, will humans colonise space?, will the human population ever stop growing?, Writing & Reading
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Life, Death and Tolkien
My recent post on Tolkien got me thinking about some more current issues. There are others who are better guides to Tolkien’s moral philosophy than I. However, the person who finally convinced me, many years ago, that capital punishment was … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in assisted suicide, human rights, J R R Tolkien, Politicrox, Writing & Reading
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Queuowulf
As I expect you both have, I’ve been wondering why I have felt so moved at the passing of the Queen, someone I never knew or even met. It is a feeling that many people seem to share, so much … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Beowulf, J R R Tolkien, Jorgmungandr, Maria Dahvana Headley, Politicrox, Queen Elizabeth II, queues, Seamus Heaney, Writing & Reading
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From McDonalds to Mordor
When The Lord Of The Rings was published in 1954, some readers suggested that its story echoed that of the Second World War, then still fresh in the minds of many. The onslaught on the ill-prepared Allies by an evil … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in allegory, applicability, aragorn, Denethor, J R R Tolkien, mcdonalds, mordor, Politicrox, Putin, Sauron, the lord of the rings, Tolkien and the Great War, Ukraine, Writing & Reading
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Mmxxery
Being the contrarian that I am, I shall defy convention by saying that 2020 has been a year that’ll stand in the anals annals tale of years as historical and transformative. True, millions have suffered, in all sorts of ways, … Continue reading
Posted in a very short history of life on earth, Apparitions, christmas university challenge, Domesticrox, education, Leeds University, Lockdown, pandemic, Politicrox, SARS-CoV2, Science Is Vital, Science-fiction, vaccine
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Yom HaShoah – A Guest Post by Crox Minor
As today is Yom HaShoah, I would like to ask everyone to think for a moment about prejudice, from the genocides that are still going on to casual remarks about immigrants and ethnic and religious minorities made daily by the … Continue reading
Posted in BNP, children of peace, crox minor, EDL, genocide, Holocaust, persecution, Politicrox, UKIP
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Jumps Red Lights
The death a couple of days ago of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon raised memories of my one and only visit to Israel, and is associated with a particular piece of music. When I visited, in the summer … Continue reading
Posted in ariel sharon, Israel, jumps red lights, Politicrox, shalom hanoch, waiting for the messiah
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Immigration
Cast your mind back, if you will, to 1655 – the days of the Protectorate. In that year, Oliver Cromwell received an embassy from the Netherlands, of a Dutch Jew, one Manasseh Ben Israel, who asked the Lord Protector whether … Continue reading
Posted in cromwell, immigration, Politicrox, Politics, whitehall conference
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Tea Parties
As time goes by and politics get more polarised I am increasingly aware that we British are separated from our colonial cousins by a common language. But this separation goes beyond mere phonemes, to plumb deeply held – and different … Continue reading
Posted in dormice, h p lovecraft, Politicrox, Silliness, tea party
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Lovelace
I am reliably informed that today is Ada Lovelace Day, in which it behooves one to commemorate the contribution to science of female scientists. Like Christmas, this comes round every year, and, like Christmas, I struggle to find anything novel … Continue reading
Posted in aspergers, autism spectrum, gender imbalance, Jane Gray, Lovelace, meredith l patterson, Politicrox, Research, sexism, Women in science
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