Author: KB
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Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton: Dynasty or Democracy?
In my recent post about predictions for 2008, I was (not) surprised to find most of the debate being around the comment of the collapse of the Emerging project. Actually, I think it’ll be more about the language changing, but hey. What garnered no comment was the prediction about ’08 being the year when people…
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Sad News: John O’Donahue Dies
It’s was with enormous sadness I received the news that John O’Donahue has died. Martin Wroe, who had for so long championed him at Greenbelt Festival, sent me this email: Our friend John O’Donohue has died. John was on holiday in France with the family of Kristine, a wonderful woman he met at Greenbelt just…
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2008 will be about…
…action on climate change; governments will admit it will hurt …reaction against privacy breaches: overuse of CCTV / government data-loss …reaction against the classical liberal agenda: immigration caps / multiculturalism as a worthy but more-difficult-than-we-thought project / communitarianism …serious criticism of democracy as a way of getting things done …the collapse of the emerging church…
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Break/Down | D-evolution
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A couple of weeks ago my daughter broke her leg. Ouch. I have to say, the A&E (ER) department at the local hospital were brilliant, and the treatment she’s received has been second to none. But as for the administration… Today I had to take her for a follow-up X-ray and consultation. We arrived in…