"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be...
Imagination overpowers reason every time. Blaise Pascal
Humans are deeply prone to error and deception. But sometimes they don’t always get it wrong or...
Tyranny of the good intentioned
Without wisdom, all the good intentions in the world amount to nothing. Intending to do good...
Wisdom of Milton Friedman in 12 Quotes
American economist Milton Friedman rose to prominence in the second half of the 20th century as...
Popular Delusions
In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their...
The Bonfire Plot: The Plot Uncovered
In the last part of our tale, we find Guy Fawkes, the brave Yorkshire man and experienced miner...
Don’t worry, everything…gonna’ be alright.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not?...
The Bonfire Plot – Part 4
"Hanged, Drawn and Quartered..." Only eight of the original Plot survived. On a cold Monday, January 27, 1606, all the prisoners were brought from the Tower of London through Traitors Gate and onto a barge to go up-river to Westminster. John Winter was only 19, hardly...
The Bonfire Plot: Part 1
"We must blow up the King and his Parliament..." In 1604 four men, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, John Winter,and John Wright, all Catholics who had been personally affected by religious persecution and who were all related either by birth or marriage, met at the...
The Bonfire Plot – Who Is Guy Fawkes?
Guy Fawkes: Also known as John Johnson,or as Guido Fawkes apprehended on Nov 5th 1605, under the Houses of Parliamnent with hundreds of pounds of gunpowder and a handful of matches. Percy's man, 34 years old. Son of Edward Fawkes, proctor and advocate in the...