26 May, 2020 Dear Reader, HOW TO AVOID MUDDLED THINKING Everybody has heard of Socrates, the Greek philosopher who was put to death by his own people in 399 BC.  The charge against him was that he had ‘corrupted the youth’, but in reality it was his profound intellectual humility that killed him.  He was as honest … Continue reading Muddled Thinking, Aristotle and Roger Bacon →

THOUGHTS ON ANZAC DAY On 25 April we celebrated ANZAC Day, the annual commemoration of Australia’s and New Zealand’s participation in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.  The campaign failed in its objectives and our troops withdrew having suffered terrible losses over several bitter months of struggle. There can’t be many countries whose patriotic … Continue reading 30 April – ANZAC DAY, CAPTAIN COOK →

I once wrote an article claiming that the Incarnation of Christ had been the central and pivotal event in world history.  A good friend, a professor of mathematics and certainly no fool, thought my view ‘curious’, but said that he would prefer to award the title to the Invention of the Wheel.  He wasn’t joking and he … Continue reading To do it as for Thee →