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Cut the Cuts, George
Published on 2010-10-06 12:59:23
I know, I’ve covered the cuts before. But a couple of things I read over the weekend really hammered home to me the sheer economic wrong-headedness of the scale and speed of the cuts that are going to happen come … Continue reading → > read more
To God or Not to God
Published on 2010-09-30 13:20:54
I recently read an interesting letter in The Guardian. A reader wrote in taking issue with a review of Stephen Hawking’s new book, in which he disavows the existence of God, seemingly on the basis that science can explain everything … Con > read more
The Market, the State and the Credit Crunch
Published on 2010-09-08 13:52:04
The government’s on-going public spending cull has got me thinking about the role of the state in a free market economy. My distaste for the free market is by now well documented. However, it is still very much the best … Continue reading > read more
The Current State of Alzheimer’s Research
Published on 2010-08-29 09:17:25
With an ageing population, Alzheimer’s is one of the largest problems facing our society, and one that I have had some personal experience with. It is also one of my own biggest fears. But there has been a recent spate … Continue reading > read more
Why the WikiLeaks War Diaries Matter
Published on 2010-08-23 13:50:24
The recent emergence of the WikiLeaks war diaries has served to re-spark anger about the war formerly known as terror amongst those who oppose it. Although the detail of these diaries as published in The Guardian and other places is … Continue > read more
Amish in the City
Published on 2010-08-14 04:59:04
I was recently watching a TV programme called “Amish: The World’s Squarest Teenagers”. The show took six Amish teenagers and slapped them into different British social groups each week. It was very similar to an earlier, American programme: > read more
The Climate Non-Debate
Published on 2010-07-31 04:52:13
In the face of the economic crisis climate change has been getting little attention from the media of late. To say that this is a mistake is both obvious and an understatement. Interest and belief in global warming was waning … Continue reading > read more
What Thatcher Couldn’t Do
Published on 2010-07-17 03:12:39
This week has been a week full of policy announcements from the Tory government. The dismantling of the FSA in return for cash from big food companies was the first blow, although as Deborah Orr eloquently put it: the FSA … Continue reading > read more
To the Left to the Right
Published on 2010-07-10 06:28:01
Perhaps it’s my own paranoia, but I’ve always felt as if those on the righter side of things tend to view those on the left as lacking in intellectual rigour, as somewhat naïve and immature; perhaps even a little irrational. … Cont > read more
The Chancellor Can’t Add Up
Published on 2010-07-03 04:09:09
I was never going to like the recent emergency/austerity budget from the Con-Lib coalition. Instinctively anti-Tory at heart, I didn’t trust all the talk about ‘progressive budgets’ coming from the Conservative end. What made it mor > read more