by Andy Dodd | Jun 20, 2015 | Extemplo
Read an interesting quote from Bertrand Russell (on St. Thomas Aquinas) that seems to nail the central issue non-religious people have with faith and those who profess it:”Aquinas “already knows the truth; it is declared in the Catholic faith. If he can find...
by Andy Dodd | Jun 19, 2015 | On My Mind, Politics
British politicians love Victorian values. Especially conservative ones. Show them a crisis and someone, somewhere, is bound to advocate a return to the period when the sun never set on the British empire. Some of them are so enthralled by the...
by Andy Dodd | May 25, 2015 | On My Mind
Every Liverpool fan has a story for where they were and what they were doing on the night of the miracle of Istanbul. A lucky few were actually in the Ataturk Stadium, their ranks swelled by the tens of thousands of other supporters who weren’t but who...
by Andy Dodd | May 7, 2015 | On My Mind, Politics
There comes a point in any political argument where the nature of the discussion changes from the consideration of details – you believe in tax cuts, I don’t believe in tax cuts – to something more profound: a fundamental difference in belief about how...
by Andy Dodd | May 7, 2015 | On My Mind, Technology
This blog post first appeared on the HP Storage ‘Around the storage block’ blog site where I am a frequent contributor. It has just taken me a bit of time to post it on my personal site too. Better late than never! Back! But did it ever go away? As you...
