the voice of those frustrated by the slow progress towards a fair society where the needs of the weak are met without weakening them further
Seeking purity in some contexts has got a bad name. Cast your mind back to the 1930s and 40s. OK before I was born but still within the living memory of some. There was something called eugenics, a way of thinking that wanted to clean up the gene pools of various nations. In some countries
Diligent that is an old word. It is not one that we hear very often these days. I knew it has something to do with hard work but there had to be a slight difference in meaning or there would be no need for another word. To make sure I knew what it meant I
We see needs all over the place but whose responsiblity is it to meet those needs. Today in Britain the expectation is that the government in one way or another will meet all the needs of the people. They provide a National Health Service, fund social care so that the weaker members of society are cared for
These are people who are remembered years, decades even centuries after they have departed this earth. It could be you if you do things that are remembered by those whose lives you have touched, not just family and friends. Such people are the ones whose story is told in history books or in interviews that others do. There
For those who don’t know the Big Society is an idea put forward by the new UK government that came to power this summer. They say that their aims include supporting co-ops, mutuals, charities and social enterprises and encouraging people to take an active role in their communities. Well that is the positive side of things. The
On the surface this seems a fairly simple comparison. It is fairly obvious what the contrast of the wicked and upright is. The classic idea of the wicked is the person who uses black hat methods and is unethical even cruel. Compare this to the upright person who wears the white hat and is moral
I had the car radio on when I went shopping and when I set off for the return journey there was someone talking about philanthropy and the theatre. He was a giver who looked around for good things that he could support. What surprised me was then he said that for the past 30 years theatres
For those who don’t know the Big Society is an idea put forward by the new UK government that came to power this summer. They say that their aims include supporting co-ops, mutuals, charities and social enterprises and encouraging people to take an active role in their communities. Well that is the positive side of things. The