Samuel Langhorne Clemens was a very clever man, but then you already knew that. As Mark Twain he was responsible for a whole generation of Literature, he was also responsible for a number of very pertinent quotes that have entered popular culture. "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." for example. However my favourite line of his, and in my humble opinion (who am I trying to kid, humble? Me?) the most relevant in today's world is this.

"History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes."

As a published historian trying to break into journalism I can't help but see this as possibly the best thing he has ever written (except possibly Tom Sawyer but you know what I mean). It is perfect. We've all heard people tell us that history repeats itself, and we've all thought they were talking crap. It most certainly doesn't repeat itself, but it does however echo forwards in a way very reminiscent of rhyming.

This Blog is a place where I am going to rant on to my heart's content about current events, my personal opinions regarding them and how we should have learnt from the lessons history has taught us (or not in some cases). I hope you like it, feel free to argue with me if you want, I love to debate, but be warned, if it looks like you are winning the argument I will happily use semantics and sophistry to make it look like I won...