The digital age: When the tools make the rules
Here’s a thought: "Chimpanzees, genetically close to us though they are, have bodies two to five times as strong as… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
What would change your mind about climate change?
When accused of inconsistency, John Maynard Keynes famously replied: "when the facts change I change my mind. What do you… Read more »
Middle-aged parents and the other biological clock
Here’s a question for you: John Tyler (1790-1862) was the tenth President of the United States of America. If you’ve never… Read more »
Those who can ought to teach
These days, our politicians are often accused of having no experience of the ‘real world’, as if working in a… Read more »
High finance – it’s a lot of bull
Understanding the world of finance is not easy. The key concepts can be so thoroughly counter-intuitive that the best way… Read more »
Free schools, bad people and evangelical Christians
Alan Judd advises the Government on the vetting of free schools. In an article for the Daily Telegraph – in… Read more »
Liberty, equality, bankruptcy – the future of France
Whatever happens to the Eurozone in the short-term, the long-term looks truly grim. That, at least, is the case made… Read more »
Is Britain’s economy really shrinking?
In the second quarter of 2012, the British economy shrank by 0.7 per cent. Upon hearing the news last week,… Read more »
Confessions of a Guardianista
Imagine the following scenario: You’re in a waiting room somewhere and, for want of a sounder alternative, you’re perusing the… Read more »
Too busy on the internet to spend any money
If someone told you that "humanity is experiencing an evolution in consciousness" you’d obviously tell them to pipe down and… Read more »
The true cost of single parenthood
The New York Times is a liberal newspaper, but that didn’t stop them from publishing a mammoth feature on the… Read more »
Hugging the hoodies, hating the state
One glance at the cover of her new book is enough to tell you that Harriet Sargeant is a female… Read more »
Communism – bad from the beginning
The BNP is usually described in the mainstream media as a party of ‘the extreme right’, ‘the far-right or even… Read more »
Too sane to be President
Some politicians are too young to get the top job in a democracy, while others are too old. Alternatively, they… Read more »
Why the Mechanical Turk cannot replace our organic institutions
In the late 18th century a strange machine, called the Mechanical Turk, toured the courts of Europe. It took the… Read more »
