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Our eduction system is unfit for purpose

Our eduction system is unfit for purpose

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Tom Collins

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

NI centenary is nothing to celebrate

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Tom Collins

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…

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In an increasingly uncertain world shoddy deals rule

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Tom Collins

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…

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Founded on a lie: Trump’s debt to George Washington

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Tom Collins

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.

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Nobel committee right to prize an uncertain peace

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Tom Collins

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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