Tag Archives: New York Times

What is Truth?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by TP Archie

I’m looking for some notes on Guide. I haven’t found them yet but came across this: What is truth? Something to trip up the lazy, the unwary and those with simplistic political agendas. Warnings about Bernie Madoff’s impossible investor returns … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Opinion, Trivia | Tagged Bernie Madoff, Bertie Ahern, Jacques Chirac, New York Times, Tony Blair | Leave a comment

Philip K Dick, again

Posted on March 12, 2014 by TP Archie

This morning, I was certain that chrome on my PC had been infected by a virus; after a bit of digging, I realised that Google had done their usual: we’ve decided to change the interface and we’re sure you’ll like it but … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Philosophy, Review | Tagged Ace Books, Analog, Blade Runner, Dickanian, Drugs, John Brunner, John W Campbell, Michael Moorcock, Michael Sheen, New York Times, Philip K Dick, Plato The Republic, Robert Heinlein, Science Fiction, SF, Stranger in a Strange Land, the real world, Ursula K LeGuin | 1 Comment

Ukraine, Russia and the West

Posted on March 3, 2014 by TP Archie

Ukraine is a post Soviet-Empire time-bomb on which the sticky finger marks of the EU and the US are visible. We are where we are (and as a normal citizen, I bottle up my irritation). Looking around the net, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged EU, Germany, Guardian, intelligence, Merkel, Mother Bear, New York Times, NSA, Obama, Putin, Russia, Surzhyk, Ukraine, US, Washington, White House | Leave a comment

More Climate Change?

Posted on February 3, 2014 by TP Archie

In Senate Passes Bill to Delay Spike in Flood Insurance Rates, the opinions of the Climate Change lobby are given an airing. ‘The aim of the Biggert-Waters Act was to shift the financial risk of insuring flood-prone properties to the … Continue reading →