It's Good For People To Believe In

Public Service Does Not Necessarily Mean Service In The House Of Commons, And Public Service Is Not Synonymous With Partisan Political Activity. It Comes In A Thousand Colours, But The Common Denominator Is: It's Not About Me - It's About We.

Tad Homer-dixon Is A Rare Kind Of Public Intellectual, Who Combines Real Expertise With A Commitment To Communicate To The Widest Possible Readership. In The Ingenuity Gap He Wants Us All To Wake-up To The Fearful Possibility That Our Blithe Trust In Science And Technology May Be Misplaced. Human Ingenuity May Not Be Capable Of Coping With Two Emerging Crises Of This Century And The Next: Population Growth And Environmental Despoliation. Read Homer Dixon's Wake-up Call And You Will See The Future Very Differently.

The Only Cure For Nihilism Is For Liberal Democratic Societies - Their Electorates, Their Judiciary, And Their Political Leadership- To Insist That Force Is Legitimate Only To The Degree That It Serves Defensible Poltical Goals. Thus Implies A Constant Exercise Of Due Diligence.

We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Fundamental Issue Of Policy Which Is That People Who Come To The Country On Visa Status Must Never Be Abused.

There Are All Kinds Of Different Forms Of Public Service, But There's No Form Of Public Service That Can Make More Difference For More People Than Partisan Political Activity.