NO PRIME MINISTER
No Prime Minister Most of what I learned about politics came from Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby, and not least from the Principal Private Secretary of their office in […]
HELLO DARKNESS
Hello Darkness Crouched alone on the floor of the dim bathroom in his noisy college dorm, Paul Simon sought the solace of this only refuge available to him. And it […]
Okay, Now What’s the Good News?
We never get a choice about what assails us first. You can count on the bad news being at the head of the line. In fact, distressing reports generally take […]
Unspeakable Pain, Unimaginable Pleasure
“Suddenly…,” laments Paul McCartney in his song Yesterday, “I’m not half the man I used to be.” This is not only The Beatles’ most popular ballad, but it has been repeatedly […]