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Recently I wrote about just how much governance has changed in the past decade or two. Whereas historically governors could turn up to meetings and spend time discussing their golf handicap and enjoying savories, today board members have to…

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Anyone who knows me will realise that I have a tendency to make bad choices sometimes in terms of what I say on public fora. In my defense, it’s never malicious or calculated, simply the failings of someone who…

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There’s an old Jewish joke that suggests when three Jews are present in a room, there will be at least five opinions about a particular topic. We Jews have a genetic predisposition for argument, borne of millennia studying holy…

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I’m lucky enough to have a decent-sized orchard at home where we grow all manner of fruit, berries and nuts. There’s nothing I like more than a summer-session of apricot jam making or an intense mission involving heirloom-variety apples…

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I have a buddy who prides himself on sense-checking every societal norm – no matter how much that sense-checking departs from his being politically correct. He delights in railing against what he sees as the dragging of society into…

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