SAFE DRUGS, HOW-ARE-YA!
Earlier in the year in my native Cork a house party went crazy and a teenager died as a result. You are immediately thinking, that's got to be drugs, aren't you? And of course, you are right, it was drugs. …Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: April 2016
THE MODERN INTOLERANCE
On our street when I was growing up there was a middle-aged widow, famous for wielding a wooden spoon threateningly at us footballers on the street outside her home. If we were unfortunate enough to punt the ball into her …Continue reading →
POINTLESS FATNESS
I am wondering if the alleged obesity crisis is all down to docility? There is a pervading air of, "What's the point?" that stalks society today. At a micro level it translates into, "Why would I bother because it doesn't …Continue reading →
“LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.”
Whenever I attempt to define myself with one of the "isms" or even identify with one or more of them, I always come back to the idea that I'm a capitalist socialist. Let me explain. Most of my working life …Continue reading →