"Being without becoming [is] an ontological absurdity" says the Doctor in 'The Time Monster'. He's talking about tim...

Sexist image alert. Dom Kelly brought this to my attention, with his pithier comment: "*vomits*" Okay, let's examine t...

Anniversary of the Nakba today, an event that shaped the modern world, creating a festering sore of injustice that still infects globa...

This is a rejigged new version of something originally posted at the old site.  I've snipped a few irrelevancies and amplified some conc...