It’s All for the Children
During my lifetime, I’ve witnessed a shift from an adult-centric society where children were subservient to their parents to a child-centric one where everything revolves […]
Articles by Longrider
A Fairly Straightforward Answer to This one.
Mehdi Hasan asks a pretty reasonable question. So what, Nick Clegg, made you forget liberty? Lest we forget, this is a government that says it […]
Adbeans, Anyone?
Has anyone been approached by Adbeans? I ask because they have contacted me regarding contextualised adverts. Not that I am interested in having adverts here as […]
Five a Day “Saves Lives”
The latest so-called research tells us 33,000 lives a year could be saved by the five a day gumph. That’s a remarkably precise figure, I […]
The Groan, A New Low?
Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong lay into the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo. This is the man imprisoned by the Chinese authorities for speaking […]
The Fake Job Scam
A week or so ago, The Nameless Libertarian commented on the fake job offers he’s been getting. Unlike the one he highlighted, the one I […]
Passive Smoking in Flats
The passive smoking meme seems to have life of its own. Now if you have cheeeeeldren, they are in danger from DEATH by the eeevil […]
Blogs are “No – Go Zones” Apparently
Some wonderful silliness from the Groan. Aleks Krotoski bemoans cyber bullying and the failure of behaviour on the web. Because, apparently, she hid behind a […]
Going Postal
Rather than claim benefits, I’m doing some casual work for the Royal Mail in their local sorting office. I can’t say that I like it […]