My latest “culture war” posting is regarding a Christian social worker, Felix Ngole, who appears to have fallen foul of the all too powerful politically correct brigade. Continue reading
Life inside ‘Islamic State’
Like many, I have been following the events in Syria, which now seems to have taken over from Iraq of having the dubious mantle of being the most troubled country in the Middle East. Continue reading
Legal Highs (2)
Just over a year ago, I came across the phenomenon called Legal Highs, Continue reading
Super Tuesday – America make or break
Possibly an exaggeration – but now the results are in from various US primaries, in what is often deemed to be the one day in recent US Presidential campaigns when the likely candidates for the November showdown between wannabe presidential contenders are revealed. Continue reading
Animal rights
At the time I was about to look forward to what would be my two year up to now blogging career, it would have come as little surprise that some of my posts turned out to be about human rights but back then I would not have envisaged that I would one day be posting on the topic of animal rights as well. Continue reading
Addiction, mental health and homelessness
As I have mentioned before, it was wanting to address mental health issues, where I could see there were glaring gaps in terms of the services provided, Continue reading
Council Webcasts (4)
As some of the readers of my blog know, I take a keen interest in local politics, without belonging to any political party, and follow what is going on to a greater extent than most Southend residents. Continue reading
Trump and the Evangelical vote
On my Facebook page today there was an article by a well known US Evangelical preacher, Jim Wallis, Continue reading
The Queen who is serving the King at 90
Posted on my Facebook page today was a picture of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II along with the comment: Continue reading
Sexual identity, relationships and inclusion
Recently I blogged about someone in whom I have a tacit admiration – Peter Tatchell. Continue reading