Don’t look up to anybody

The reason you keep being disappointed and caught up in the fake shock at some scandal is that everybody you look up to is human. Being human means that they struggle with some version of the same things you struggle with. It’s all struggle and failure, every attempt to make something of your life, to [...]

What makes politicians likable?

An old balding man running for leadership of a First World country would normally have no chance, unless he is running against a black guy. Another whose ideas require a certain amount of common sense, and which would be drastically different from what is currently espoused has no shot.
Normally you have to look at [...]

George Michael announces his location

George Michael: I Never Thought I Was Attractive
George Michael is in love. So in love, in fact, that he’s been willing to relocate, part-time, to Texas.
Michael and his boyfriend, Texan Kenny Goss, split their time between London and Dallas, where the pop star often goes unrecognized.The British pop star discusses his career and his life.
“One [...]