These are little essays or harrangues on topics that have touched my life in some way. I devised the topics before doing any of the work, topic-devising being a lot easier than working. Expect changes here as time goes along.

• Language and literacy
• Altruism vs self-interest
• Drugs, good and bad
• Personal loyalty
• Ego and self
• Limits to understanding
• Anger and violence
• Sex education
• Church and state
• Bigotry, a moral thicket
• The future of democracy
• Reflections on Diana Spencer