Missive #742 Published 23 Jun 2026

In The Future of British Politics, comedian Frankie Boyle takes a characteristically acerbic look at some of the forces that will be key in coming years, from Scottish independence and post-colonial entitlement to big tech surveillance and the looming climate catastrophe. Despite his fears that 'soon the only red tape in this country will be across the finish line of the compulsory Food Bank Olympics', he manages to locate some hopeful signs amid the gloom, reminding us that 'despair is a moment that pretends to be permanent'.

Missive #741 Published 22 Jun 2026

A novel of nine linked parables about globalization, ambition, hope, love, and greed spanning two decades and eight countries.….Merry-Go-Round Broke Down is a genre-breaking novel that explores globalization's "butterfly effect": how choices made in one corner of the world ignited an unstoppable chain of consequences that upended lives across continents.

Missive #738 Published 17 Jun 2026

This Revised New Century Edition provides many new, relevant examples from recent events and contemporary popular culture, including the ever-increasing global proliferation of McDonald′s and other fast food franchises, shopping malls, and similar commercial entities. Their impact is examined in the post-September 11, 2001 era.

Missive #737 Published 16 Jun 2026

Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they arrive. We need to start talking about who is sending them and why. For decades, establishment elites sold us the story of immigration as a compassionate renewal of the American Dream within a harmonious melting pot.
ut beneath that narrative lies a different Mass migration has morphed into the most powerful political weapon ever aimed at the United States—one engineered by elites at home and aided by adversaries abroad. Now Peter Schweizer, the bestselling investigative journalist of our time, is blowing the lid off this whole series of schemes, ….

Missive #736 Published 15 Jun 2026

This is the third book that I have read by the members of the Blue Collar group. I'm reading them off and on while reading more serious books to give me a break. One more to go.

Missive #734 Published 13 Jun 2026

In The Future of Men, Grace draws on research, interviews and her own experience to examine how these dynamics and presumptions have shifted in her lifetime, and will continue to change in coming decades. Men have been writing about the future of women since words came into existence now Grace returns the favour with this sharp, funny and personal essay.