@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘The hardest part was leaving the WhatsApp group.’ This is a common refrain you’ll hear from recently retired sports stars, those who are part of teams that is. Groupthink I find this rather...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Whether one agrees or not with the coronavirus pandemic response taken by most of the world, the fact is we’ve all had to live with the constraints for well over a year now. Fear mentality As is well known, and as is the case […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] If you’ve ever listened to and/or read the work of Canadian cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular-science author, Steven Pinker, you’ll know that he’s been at pains to tell us, replete...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘The pen is mightier than the sword.’ It could be said that when this was first coined — by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 — those who preferred the pen over the sword still had to...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I’ve stated previously how I’m not at all averse to routine, as long as I feel it’s not too detrimental to my health and well-being. Downwardly mobile On the other hand, I’ve also let it...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.’ That famous observation, attributed, rightly or wrongly, to Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov — better known as Lenin to...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] The chaotic times Colombia is experiencing bring to mind just how inflexible a presidential system can be. Back me or sack me Faced with such a crisis in a parliamentary democracy, a motion of no confidence would most likely be tabled against the prime […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?’ ‘Whaddaya got?’ Some of you will recognise those lines from a classic scene in the 1953 US crime film The Wild One, with Marlon Brando playing protagonist Johnny Strabler. It was parodied, for those of us of […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In a recent episode of the UK-based Spectator TV, Adam Ritchie, Senior Project Manager in vaccine development at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, was asked how ethical it was for the UK and other...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] OK, I must make an important declaration first. I’m not a pet lover. This isn’t to say I’m anti-pets. I’ve no problem with them as long as I’ve little-to-no involvement when it comes to their care and attention. It’s the same way I feel […]
