Applied Philosophy: an Added String to my Bow

I've come to realise that despite saying in my introduction to this blog of mine that I won't comment on anything to do with the world at large in terms of politics, the economy and the social, I shall now do this as well. There's too much going on in our world to ignore saying anything about things that matter (and ought to matter to us if we want to get at the basic truth of things, ie, at a fairly correct understanding and representation of things). In doing so, I will still be approaching everything from a philosophical perspective, such as for example looking at things like the economy in terms of Marx's distinction between appearance and essence. In short, I shall be doing what's called 'applied philosophy '. This added string to my theoretical bow should hopefully bring out the usefulness of a philosophical approach to the practical matters of our lives: thus refuting any notion that philosophy is an Ivory Tower pursuit.