Monthly Archives: January 2017

The most elusive of all human desires

Posted on January 16, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

The Society of International Law reports that during the last three and a half thousand years there have been less than three hundred years of peace. That means the entire world has been at peace less than eight percent of … Continue reading →

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Needing the full treatment

Posted on January 16, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

C.S. Lewis said that as a child, when he had a toothache, he knew that if he went to his mother, she’d give him something to deaden the pain. But he would avoid going to her because he also knew … Continue reading →

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Things we want to think of as friendly, but aren’t

Posted on January 16, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

During the Falklands War the Royal Navy’s destroyer HMS Sheffield was sunk by a single missile fired from an Argentine fighter jet. It caused some people to wonder if modern surface warships were obsolete, sitting ducks for today’s sophisticated missiles. … Continue reading →

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The central neurosis of our time

Posted on January 16, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

One of the best known sceptics of the twentieth century was Bertrand Russell. Though born into Christian home he rejected faith and became an atheist. His daughter Katherine said of him, ‘Somewhere at the bottom of his heart, in the … Continue reading →

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