I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
On 19th May the European Commission pushed through their new “Better Regulation Package”. President Juncker has made a big play about better regulation. He wants the EU to focus only a few areas and get rid of laws on the statute book that are not working. You’d think no-one was against the idea of better … Read more
What Would An Amoral Yoda Say To Win I am taking advantage of an enforced medical break by catching up on my reading. I am enjoying reading (re) Dr. Frank Luntz’s books. He’s best known as a US Republican political consultant who helps candidates reframe the political debate. Lately, he has spread his wings further … Read more
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right , by Atul Gawande Very clever people get things wrong. They get difficult and relatively simple things wrong. There is a technique that they can use that cuts those errors down a lot. It’s called a checklist. Pilots, lawyers, doctors, and investment managers use them. Pilots use them at the … Read more
I have taken advantage of illness to catch up on a lot of reading. At last I got around to finishing George Lakoff’s “Don’t Think of an Elephant“. Progressive Guru George Lakoff is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He’s been helping progressive causes better frame the public and political … Read more