Our education bears little relation to the development of skills needed to help us navigate this uncertain world.
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NI centenary is nothing to celebrate
Let’s be blunt. If the foundation of Northern Ireland was worth celebrating, its legacy would be something to be proud of. I’d like to be charitable, but I can’t think of anything much to praise it for – other…
Continue ReadingIn an increasingly uncertain world shoddy deals rule
Inside most of us there is a narcissist struggling to get out. The political class appears to have no difficulty restraining its inner narcissist. It is said that a civil servant, witnessing the descent to earth in a helicopter…
Continue ReadingFounded on a lie: Trump’s debt to George Washington
As the world prepares itself to witness the inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th President, we would do well to ponder the importance we place on truth in the modern age. Trump plays fast and loose with it.
Continue ReadingNobel committee right to prize an uncertain peace
Santos, now trying to build a coalition for peace among rival political factions, has said he will fight for the peace until the last moment he holds office. It is a sentiment other world leaders would do well to…
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