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The Fun Topic of Historical Linguistics. Part Two.

The Fun Topic of Historical Linguistics. Part Two.

February 3, 2023 About all these other Languages. A few months ago I got into a discussion about languages on an internet forum. It started with the Slavic languages and got into Indo European languages, where they came from and got to. I have my own ideas on the subject

Basic Income, explained right

Basic Income, explained right

February 19, 2023 It can be a good thing or a bad thing. revised May 20, 2023 Basic Income, often also called Universal Basic Income or Guaranteed Living Income, is correctly defined as; an income paid to everyone without conditions and adequate to live on. This idea was first articulated

About living in a Behavioural Sink

About living in a Behavioural Sink

March 9, 2023 The fish rots from the head down. Recently one of my fellow blogsters put up a piece complaining about the decline of human behaviour in the syndemic age. She referenced it to the famed Calhoun experiments with “rat paradises”. This produced some discussion. I have decided it

Naziism 2.0

Naziism 2.0

March 12, 2023 There must be no 3.0. Long ago, when I was in high school, when world war two was not so long ago, I was concerned about Naziism. Not too many people around me shared my concern about them. It was assumed that those ogres were history,

Failure of Logic

Failure of Logic

March 15, 2023 Logic must apply to all of reality. I have been blogging now for three years. My aim has been, first of all, to try to apply proper thinking skills to the important topics of the times. These are mostly about putting in place institutions which can secure

A Bad Time to be Old

A Bad Time to be Old

April 1, 2023 A Letter to Family in Disturbing Times I live in Toronto. Much of my family still live in Alberta. Most of them do not like me. Some are more progressive. I sometimes go back ‘home’ for a visit. With covid, that has not been possible for some

The Climate Xhosa

The Climate Xhosa

April 25, 2023 inducing entire populations to self destruct Once upon a time there was a large tribe in South Africa called the Xhosa. They lived by raising beef cattle and planting maize. Their political structure was very decentralized, with a high chief presiding over a large number of clan