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The Lodz Wonderer: December 2010

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Monday, December 13, 2010. The following introduction comes from an article I wrote on the Baltic Review. Friday, December 10, 2010. The news that never was. Wikileaks has to my mind made a thing of creating expectation prior to the release of the mundane. In its recent batch of releases we learn that Nato. Has "drawn up classified plans to defend Poland and the Baltic states from Russian attack" and this has led President Dmitry Medvedev to be a bit perturbed in his recent visit to Warsaw. It is only du...

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The Lodz Wonderer: July 2011

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Sunday, July 24, 2011. An atypical look at Polish women. For many intelligent Polish people, there are only so many times you can hear that when asked what the best thing in Poland is, people reply "Polish women". Don't get me wrong, I am married to a beautiful Polish women and would happily describe Polish women to any foreigner as being the most beautiful women in the world. However, there are a few more things to Poland that it's women :). Slowly and incremenedly. One thing which would be an imens...

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The Lodz Wonderer: January 2011

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011. My home is my castle. Why do I say antonym, well a colleague a work remarked on the Polish custom and in the same sentence noted "where as you (British) have My home is my castle." I was not sure if I should get offended or just sigh at the ignorance of the remark (coming form an experienced English teacher/examiner). Where is the flaw in her argument? Saturday, January 22, 2011. Robbing Peter to pay Paul. The EU has recently put pressure. I can have one job and pay once, but...

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The Lodz Wonderer: April 2016

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Why Secular societies need Religion. Why Secular societies need Religion. Whatever great religion you look at they all have a concept of perfection,  of goodness. You can call it God or just truth, it doesn't really matter. But simply put it puts an ideal above our basic desires.  Sure we fail most of the time to achieve this ideal but we can nevertheless strive for it knowing that the alternative would most certainly be worse. Monday, April 11, 2016. The Failure of Liberalism.

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The Lodz Wonderer: Why Secular societies need Religion

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Why Secular societies need Religion. Why Secular societies need Religion. Whatever great religion you look at they all have a concept of perfection,  of goodness. You can call it God or just truth, it doesn't really matter. But simply put it puts an ideal above our basic desires.  Sure we fail most of the time to achieve this ideal but we can nevertheless strive for it knowing that the alternative would most certainly be worse. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Simple theme&#...

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The Lodz Wonderer: February 2011

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Monday, February 28, 2011. Karma and petrol stations. A few weeks ago I moaned on this blog about an Orlen petrol station on the A2 ( here. And am happy to report that my insistence on not being ripped off (no matter by only 37gr) has had a positive effect. Well at least that's how I like to see it. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. What do these two pictures have in common? Answer: One is the box containing the key to the fire escape, the other is the distance to said fire escape. Lets just hope there isn't...

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The Lodz Wonderer: April 2011

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The US constitution and Liberal Fundamentalists. I recently commented on a Facebook post of an old army buddy who had posted the following video:. My first impression of the woman was that she was somewhat rabid and that perhaps I should call a vet and have her humanely dealt with. This may seem harsh but if you take a moment to view the film you will see. And deal with her points. My initial reaction was this:. I think she displayed who the real jackass is. She referenced how ...

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The Lodz Wonderer: August 2011

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Return of the wonderer. To be truthful I didn't really go anywhere, I just hibernated in the real world over summer as is often my way. However I am now back online and ready to write ironic witticisms on the basis of what I observe around me. Now is that quadrinal (is that a word? The crazy fever that is modern politics brings to the fore many of the manipulative streaks common to the human condition. On the one hand we have PIS who uses campaign strategies based on a reliance ...

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The Lodz Wonderer: The Failure of Liberalism

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Monday, April 11, 2016. The Failure of Liberalism. Are we destined to carry on making these mistakes and living in such an unequal world. Perhaps we made a wrong turn some where. Perhaps we chose to emphasise the wrong characteristics from the myriad of possibilities. Modern constitutions have followed on from enlightenment thinking by expounding the natural nature of certain features. The Polish Constitution of 19972 for example talks in its preamble of universal values deriving either from God or a...