“One of the most depressing things on Earth is listening to Scottish people telling other Scottish people how poor Scotland is”
GERS shows why Scotland Needs the Miracle of Mundanity
Homage to Caledonia
“Scotland wants its nationhood to be decided not by ethnicity but by the simply virtue of existing in place.”
The Last Dance
“It was Michael Jordan’s determination not to fear failure that was key to his greatness. “Why would I worry about missing a shot I haven’t taken yet”?, he would say.”
Bernie Bell: Remembering
The visit to the Peace Museum and the Peace Park were a strange contrast to each other.
Nothing Without Demand
“The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims, have been born of ernest struggle….. Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will”. Frederick Douglass, 1857.
Dear Prime Minister,
“I’m told you’re beginning your charm offensive in Orkney. “
Settled Will
This is no longer just a question of yes and no. It is, rather, a question of whether we want a fully functioning, vibrant Scottish democracy with every available power – or direct rule from a political culture at odds with our worldview, democratic culture, aspirations, health and economic wellbeing.
Abraham Lincoln & Robert Burns
“Robert Burns is Scotland’s poet but he belongs to the world….I make no apologies for beginning my story about Burns not in Ayrshire, but in America.”
Another Country
“What’s really annoying them is not that Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland to be independent: it’s that she acts as though it already is.”
Driving with the Brakes On
“Because poultry welfare standards are significantly worse in America than in the EU (bird cages are 28% smaller, for example) chicken carcasses are washed with chlorine dioxide.”
