Vaccination Diary
At some time at the beginning of the first century CE (AD) the Romans conducted a tax census in the province of Judaea. According to one of the Gospels, it was decreed by the Emperor that people must return to their tribal areas to be registered. Two returnees were Joseph and the pregnant Mary, who had to get back to Bethlehem – where they had no place to stay, their home being in Nazareth, in another province.
Enemies of Liberal Democracy
What is “liberal democracy” in a multicultural society, where citizens have different, and often opposing, beliefs and viewpoints, many grounded in absolute, or fairly absolute, conceptions of the world?
One theory of liberal democracy is that it is a system, not for resolving differences, but for managing them, grounded by respect for the equality of all citizens, and in the justice of its institutions.
Testing Times
Car parks may sometimes be a welcome sight, but they are seldom a pretty one. Alexandra Park and Palace in North London, for all its attractive features (not least the views) has some pretty grim examples.
Fortunately, the largest area reserved for cars is in a corner by the southerly road entrance, screened by the slope and by trees. It is known as the “Paddock” car park – a name connected to the fact that for many years there was a small but popular racecourse on the flat expanse of the Park.
