Yearly Archives: 2024

Would you cast a vote for Jill & Butch please?

I want to vote for the Green party, but because of where I was born I can’t do this without risking a win for Trump/Vance. Who among my readers in safe blue states would be willing to cast a Green vote on my (and the planet’s) behalf?

The Veil of Ignorance

I started reading Daniel Chandler‘s “Free and Equal” when I was at a chamber music weekend with friends at an idyllic spot in what little remains of England’s temperate rainforest in Exmoor. Unfortunately the combination of wilderness, aspirational politics, good company and Brahms sextets was too much for me and I ended up being hospitalised… Read More: The Veil of Ignorance »