An absent father means so much more than an absent paycheck
While fathers are more likely to be absent at the bottom end of the income scale, fatherlessness adds a further layer of disadvantage
Edited by Peter Franklin
We need to talk about climate change
In just about any context, a burst of additional energy provides a jolt to the system – things start moving faster and are more likely to become disordered
Right-wingers should stop boasting about how much income tax the rich pay
The fact that the top one per cent are paying so much Income Tax these days only serves to highlight the long-term growth in their share of our national income
Heresy of the week: Hard work is nothing to celebrate
But what is this ‘hard work’ of which our politicians speak? Do they in fact, just mean ‘work’ – as in an honest day’s work?
Bye-bye BBC, your days are numbered
What if people stop paying the licence fee – not because they’re dodging it, but because they no longer watch broadcast television?
The surprising and important truth about UKIP
The conventional wisdom is that UKIP’s new voters are disaffected Tories. Nigel Farage insists they come from all parties and none. Who is right?
‘Policed genitals’ – or how political correctness ate itself
There comes a point at which political correctness becomes an inquisition – a method of shutting down free speech by twisting words to political ends.
Billionaires Row – a bigger scandal than Benefits Street
Empty upmarket properties are essentially parasitic, accumulating value thanks to the surrounding hive of activity while contributing nothing towards it
Heresy of the week: Foreign aid really can work
Modern-day Multhusians insist that reducing child mortality will only result in overpopulation and all the problems that come with it. But are they right?
Nuclear power: The gift that keeps on taking
Here comes another crazy scheme to use up Britain’s plutonium stockpile.
Does anyone care about the destruction of Christianity in the Middle East?
The shameful truth is that Western intervention has been a catastrophe for the Christian inhabitants of Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries
The bloated wealthfare state is building socialism for the rich
If national government were as efficient as local government we’d much closer to balancing the books.
George Osborne has misunderstood the politics and economics of welfare reform
The long-term effects of Osborne’s slash-and-burn approach to welfare are less certain than IDS’s more considered approach.
Heresy of the week: The rich and powerful have little to fear from the conventional left
The conventional left want as much redistribution as they can get away with – but this makes them more not less dependent on the wealthy.
What happens if North Korea collapses?
Whereas the collapse of communism in eastern Europe was a triumph for the West, the fall of the North Korean regime could result in a stunning defeat
