An Apology And A Few Suggestions.

More next week.

I’m supposed to be on holiday this week, and there is some empirical evidence of me being seen on beaches and in the sea. But the Protestant work ethic is strong, and I was seriously trying to produce a new essay by today. When it was about half done, I realised that I was not going to be able to finish it except in a rush, and I wasn’t confident of the final quality. Since I am obsessive about issues of style and argument, this matters a lot, and I decided to keep working and post it next week. However. (There’s always a however.)

There’s been a sharp rise in subscriptions and a substantial increase in readership over the lat year, and looking at the metrics, people often seem to find, and value and even comment on, essays from some time ago. So below, as a modest public service, and for those who have joined us relatively recently, is a short list of the most popular essays on different themes.

I’ve written extensively about the wider issues surrounding the Ukraine crisis and how it might unfold. You might find it helpful to look at some of the following :

One of my earliest essays was about the quasi-religious origins of the western elite’s hatred of Russia.

Another was about the nature of the war itself, especially at the strategic and operational levels.

And another was about how there was not going to be a Round Two: when the war is over it’s over.

More recently, I published two essays here and here bringing things up to date.

I’ve also written about the wider issues, including the consequences for Europe and elsewhere and how we should try to learn from our defeat.

The more recent essays also contain links to earlier ones.

I’ve also written extensively about the Professional and Managerial caste (PMC) and some of my more popular essays cover:

Their detachment from reality.

Their fundamental adolescence.

Their emptiness of their concept of politics.

And how it might all end.

And finally, some thoughts on where we may be going as a society and how we shall have to deal with it.

I pointed out that change can be for the worse, as much as the better.

I discussed the problem of ethical and moral norms.

And in a number of essays, of which this is the latest, what we can do as individuals.

Finally, these essays will always be free, but you can continue to support my work by liking and commenting, and most of all by passing the essays on to others, and passing the links to other sites that you frequent. If you would like to take out a paid subscription I won’t stand in your way, (I’d be very honoured in fact) but I can’t promise you anything in return except a warm feeling of virtue.

I have also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, which you can find here.☕️ I am very grateful to those who have supplied me with generous amounts of coffee recently.

As always, thanks to those who tirelessly supply translation in other languages. Maria José Tormo is posting Spanish translations on her site here,. Marco Zeloni is also posting Italian translations on a site here. And many of my articles are now on line on the site Italia e il Mondo: you can find them here.

See you next week.