Month: June 2007
Sean Gabb on Political Nihilism
I’ve read a fair bit of Sean Gabb’s work and usually find myself nodding in agreement. His post mortem of his appearance on 18 Doughty […]
Charitable Coercion
The workplace where I am currently contracting plans to take part in the Wrong Trousers Day on Friday 29th June this year. There’s nothing wrong […]
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.
Sir Liam Donaldson, the government’s chief medical officer belies the general perception that the medical profession consists of intelligent people. He wants to “denormalise” smoking. […]
Gill on Theatre Critics
You won’t often find me agreeing with A. A. Gill. But there’s a first time for everything: Critics are culture’s traffic wardens… What a wonderful […]
“Safety” Cameras?
In an interesting article in today’s Telegraph Paul Smith from SafeSpeed discusses speed cameras (euphemistically referred to as “safety” cameras) and why they don’t seem to […]
Driving Test Scam
The old driving test fraud is a regular news item. I suppose, therefore, that another such story hitting the BBC News comes as no great surprise. Tens […]
Stupid Religion
Via the Devil’s Kitchen; this little gem: JUN 21 – Osama bin Laden has been awarded the highest Islamic honor as a reaction to the United […]
Irresponsible Cold Calls
We received a cold call from Capital One yesterday. These are the people who have been playing on people’s fears of identity theft, when in […]
The Vatican and Driving
Oh, dear, oh, dear. I do wish religious leaders would confine themselves to their churches. When they step outside of their usual arena they have […]