Journeys through life

The unfolding state of America's politics is very Orwellian. And I do mean "Animal Farm" Orwellian. Now would be a good time to read that book if you've never read it, or to read it again if you have. It is odd how old fiction tends to be prophetic. I suppose different occurrences in future times lead to different interpretations of the same fiction. The reason for this might be that the issues that drive human beings hardly change over the eons. Take for instance the view of Armageddon in the Bible. Through the ages the devout were convinced that it would happen in their lifetime because the “signs are all around us that these are the end times.” What is certain is that the seven deadly sins are today as deadly as they were before the coming of the Messiah. In Animal Farm, that point in the story where one morning the animals wake up and could swear by the soul of the departed Snowball that, while they slept, someone had amended the law scribbled on the wall, comes...

Does anyone even remember the nursery rhyme in which the old, likely retired Grand Duke of York fannyied about frantically with a few utterly loyal, if rather brainless men at his beck and call? Or have we been too busy campaigning to #Leave or #Brexit or #Remain? As you know, the #Brexit's have it. Last I heard, the victory celebrations have only been momentary and the movement is slowly turning #Regrexit. Talk about misinformation or, dare I say disinformation, in this enlightened age of the Internet? As it turns out, there's a lighter side to all this madness, and it's all here on this page! We can set the whole debacle to music. Let's return to the basics by setting the scene: Nursery school, or for those of you on the now more European side, "kindergarten". Main character: "Le Grand Old Duke". The background melodic accompaniment: "A-Hunting We Will Go": The lyrics: Oh, the grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men, He ...