So, Can Employers Tell Employees What to Eat?
Found via various back-links, this thoughtful piece. Chris McDonald poses the question in response to news that a company has instructed employees that they cannot […]
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Another Farewell and Other Personal Stuff
To say that this year has been shitty would be an understatement of odyssean proportions; an annus horriblis no less. In April, I lost my […]
Liberty is “Right Wing” Now
A particularly risible – even by Guardian standards – article by Richard Adams on the security theatre surrounding flying in the USA accuses those who […]
Now This is Worrying
The police managed to get Fitwatch closed down. Scotland Yard has forced the closure of an anti-police blog which was being used to disseminate advice […]
I Heard That… Pardon?
Apparently second hand smoke affects your hearing. Eh, what? And I thought it was just a sign of getting older. Doctors already know that people […]
A Chandlers’ Ransom
Andrew Brown is the latest columnist to express some dubious morality – it does appear to be catching. Janet Daley suggesting that torture is okay, […]
Quote of the Day
From Leg Iron on organ donation. ‘Healthy donor’ is an oxymoron because to be a donor, you have to be dead and that situation cannot […]
Torture and Logic Failure
Janet Daley makes some odd assertions regarding torture today in the wake of Cameron’s response to the Bush memoirs on waterboarding. Cameron made two points; […]
No More Peel
The Police want more powers. No, it ain’t news, they always do. This time it’s that old bug-bear, drink and drugs. Chief constables have asked […]
Cat Lapping
This scientist clearly hasn’t enough to do, he has studied how cats drink. He also notes that they do it differently to dogs. They found […]