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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Eighty Five

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousFor an independent and democratic EuropeDenmark: A new world order requires a new socialist security policyAmerica cuts $1.1

Threats To Democracy 🪶 Trump Sends The National Guard To California – The End Of The Rule Of Law In The USA

Barry Gilheany ✍ In the weekend just passed, President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to California against the objections of the State Governor to deal with the civic unrest caused by the zealotry of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in pursuing the deportation of “illegal” or undocumented migrants resident in Los Angeles which is a city of sanctuary. 

A Morning Thought @ 2672

A Morning Thought @ 2671

Vasily Grossman 🪶 A Human “Can Be A Slave By Fate, But Not A Slave By Nature”

People And Nature ☭ Written by Simon Pirani.I am not looking forward to the tide of political hypocrisy that will wash over us like Thames Water sewage next week, on VE Day, the 80th anniversary of the end of the European war in 1945.So I have dug out a couple of old articles I wrote, as a response. Here’s the first one – about Vasily Grossman, the Soviet war correspondent and writer.Vasily

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Eighty Four

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousDonald Trump just can't resist the bribesNarcissism and revenge: A psychologist explains the Trump-Musk falloutTrump’s border

Christian Ethics Versus Journalism Ethics 🪶 My 47-Year Debate!

Dr John Coulter ✍ A question I’m often challenged with during my decades in journalism is - how can you call yourself a born again Christian and be a journalist; surely the two are Biblically incompatible?Mind you, when I reflect on the Christian folk who pose this question to me, the vast majority of them are militant fundamentalists who seem to have the perception that working in the

A Morning Thought @ 2670

A Morning Thought @ 2669

Sinn Fein Fooling No One

Francie Mackey ✉ with a letter to the Irish News in April 2005.The recent debacle in Leinster House regarding the controversial TD Michael Lowry on whether one could be in government and in opposition at the same time created quite a stir.The opposition led by the leader of Sinn Fein Mary Lou Mc Donald quite rightly highlighted the contradiction in the logic of this position.However this is not