We Need a Return to the House Father
Such a world is barely imaginable today. Even ten per cent of the effort outlined below would require immense changes to the daily life of the average father. Responsibility and authority?! That sounds like a lot of work.
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Even if he has managed to corral enough MPs to back him, he has been so hobbled by the speculations over his leadership that his already lame prime ministership has been made even lamer, making it likely he limps to the election finish line in second place.
Keeping Our Opinions to Ourselves
A citizenry trained to keep ‘problematic’ opinions to themselves swiftly learns to deliver responses that conceal as much as they reveal.
Six Months in to This Libertarian Government
Despite all these free-market reforms that have inflicted plenty of economic pain on most Argentines, the president remains surprisingly popular.
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Quick Hit: Luxon’s Loyalty Purge – The Ghost of 1997 Returns
Will Luxon double down on the attack against Winston, or will he be forced into a humiliating retreat to save the government?
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Face of the Day
“They’re the guys that claim to be socially conservative and then put Jacinda Ardern into power,” Luxon said.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… excrescence (noun) - 1: a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal 2: a disfiguring, extraneous, or unwanted mark or part : blot 3: by-product Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Warts and pimples are common excrescences that can usually be wiped out with medication; other excrescences such as cysts