Category: On Covid-19
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Intentional Safety
The idea of Guest Rights isn’t just something from fantasy novels, they have existed for as long as recorded history. The ancient Greco-Romans knew it as Hospitium, the divine duty of the host and right of the guest. They were regarded as sacred, the host must not harm the guest, the guest must not harm…
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If You Open It, They Will Come
There is a surprising amount of depth in the movies of Kevin Costner, sure they are about (mostly) the triumph of the seemingly unremarkable white dude in the face of adversity, but in each role he shows surprising complexity. Whether its the unfinished symphony of Roy McAvoy and its lessons on the unobtainable nature of…
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When the Lockdown Breaks
Rumours spread like wildfire, or perhaps like a novel coronavirus. Either way the uncertainty of these times leaves us searching for information wherever we can find it, and a lot of the time rumour will be that source. Right now these rumours are especially enticing as they promise the end, in many countries, of states…