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Addicted America: Why Facebook, Apple and Amazon thrive

Posted on April 12, 2018 by lawrence serewicz

America is addicted. We see this everyday as 100s of Americans die from drug overdoses. The opioid crisis is a national emergency yet the government’s response is insubstantial in comparison to the problem with their most substantial act to declare … Continue reading →

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Trump, supremacism and political extremism

Posted on June 6, 2017 by lawrence serewicz

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”– Abraham Lincoln Donald Trump has made America … Continue reading →

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Five Presidents: A picture tells a story

Posted on November 21, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

                  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) In the photographs (the one above and the one below) the various presidents provide signals of their status. Although no analysis is definitive since the context and … Continue reading →

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Social media’s corrosive effect on UK Monarchy’s legitimacy

Posted on May 4, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

Since 2008, Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) has opened up a number of public inquiries into long running scandals that have been a cause of public anger. For decades, HMG resisted such calls. The official story had closed these events and … Continue reading →

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January Break

Posted on January 1, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

Dear Subscribers, Thank you for following this blog in 2015. I hope you had a good year for 2015 and I wish you an even more successful 2016. I will take a break from this blog until February. I will … Continue reading →

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Rahm Emanuel’s Funeral Oration for Laquan McDonald: “I’m committed to reform.”

Posted on December 28, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

On 7 December 2015, Rahm Emanuel wrote an article, a funeral oration, to explain that Chicago would be reformed after Laquan McDonald’s death. The Mayor wrote that he is committed to reform.[1] On its own a call to reform is … Continue reading →

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Scott vs. Watson what does Matthew Scott’s attack on Tom Watson tell us?

Posted on October 25, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

In his Telegraph article of 21 October 2015, [1]Matthew Scott argues that Tom Watson’s behaviour has damaged the various Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) investigations. He makes several interrelated arguments. The first is that Mr. Watson’s intervention has diverted police resources … Continue reading →

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An initial analysis of the Proctor Statement

Posted on September 1, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

On 25 August, Keith Harvey Proctor made his second statement about private and public allegations about his involvement in historical child sexual abuse. He spoke to refute what he believed were unfair disclosures by the police and the media. Although … Continue reading →

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A partial response to Snowdon’s Precis: Are the Rich Getting Richer?

Posted on June 21, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

Christopher Snowdon has written an interesting article about poverty and prosperity in the United Kingdom.[1] (The article is in the Institute of Economic Affairs Magazine EA can be found here: ) He makes an impassioned argument that the poor have gotten wealthier … Continue reading →

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Why does the United Kingdom need a written constitution?

Posted on May 14, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

Why does the United Kingdom need a written constitution?[1] The United Kingdom needs to have a written constitution even though it may never develop one. There are three challenges that need to be overcome before it can be written let … Continue reading →

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