Take the Car Far, For Less

There are many ways of saving money and one of the best techniques is by not spending it. Kyle Busch has some fine advice for those who want to curb transport costs and keep their vehicles in good material and financial condition. Check out his web-site on the links-list and see how you can follow the advice given in his book on car assessment and maintenance, Drive the Best for the Price ....

A Weapon to Carry

This observation, by Julian Evans in his Guardian obituary of the writer and traveller Norman Lewis, struck a chord. His [Lewis's] taste for happiness - what he called "the intense joy I derive from being alive" - was not blithe, but his deliberate weapon against rejection, boredom, stupidity and routine.

Don't Forget - You're Original

Erik Tarloff reviews Hillary Clinton's memoirs in The Financial Times and comments, One searches the volume in vain for passion, irony, wit, originality, all qualities the private Hillary possesses in abundance. Instead one finds a po-faced, relentlessly upbeat, eerily bureaucratic account of her life.

He concludes that this is partly because, Politics, at least in America, has evolved into a ritualised game played according to excruciatingly artificial rules. Complicated lives must conform to narrow pre-determined roles. It's always an honour to be anywhere. We're always proud of our spouses. Everyone we've ever met is a dear friend. We owe everything we have to our parents, our school, and our place of worship. It's a privilege to be granted the opportunity to serve our country.