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I remember when I went to get my wisdom teeth taken out, back in 2003. It was somewhere over there in the Medical Center. I filled out a few forms in the reception and a hygienist dressed in those loose-fitting floral surgical scrubs came through to lead me to the dentist's room. She led me out of the shiny reception with its gleaming tables and plastic pot plants, across a dull corridor carpeted with a reassuring bounce, and guided me to a door. On the other side of that door I sat alone, in...

It was a winter night in Glasgow, some time in the mid-Nineties, and my friend Tim and I stopped off at the Irish pub for a couple of pints. I liked the Irish pub. In spite of the fact that it was shockingly artificial, there was still much to like about it. It was always busy, and as soon as you opened the door you were greeted with a gust of warm air and the din of people—people everywhere—laughing and shouting. They poured good Guinness. I liked the way my boots sounded, thudding around on...

Nobody trusts a politician, but people trust their governments.

Freedom is never having to lie. Though all governments will lie to their people, it is when the people have to lie to their governments that they know they are no longer free.

Regardless of what pharmaceutical companies might have you think, there is no pill to cure the fact that the world has problems.