Monthly Archives: December 2012

Liquidity

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Matt

Do you have sufficient ‘liquidity’,  readers?   Are you among those ‘hard-pressed working families’ who inhabit the ‘squeezed middle’?  Has your salary been frozen or cut?   Or are you out of a job altogether?   Are you threatened with … Continue reading →

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Conrad Black Goes to Uruguay

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Matt

Rousing myself from my post-Xmas torpor on Boxing Day morning for a brief survey of the news through a random I-Pad, my eyes were caught by an article in the Huffington Post from Conrad Black about Uruguay’s remarkable president José … Continue reading →

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Praise God and pass the ammunition

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Matt

It’s the season of goodwill, and we can consider ourselves fortunate that the great and good  have deigned to share their profound thoughts with the nation as we prepare to set out on these rain-sodden highways for the lost kingdom … Continue reading →

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Staring at Screens

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Matt

What do the mass murderers of the 21st century have in common?  It seems they all love to play violent video games.   At his trial Anders Breivik told the court how he had used Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to familiarize … Continue reading →

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