3.3 million. That is the population of Uruguay. And yet England, with a population of 60 million and able to cosset and train players to international standards, cannot beat Uruguay at soccer! Pathetic. England invented the game, dammit! Epicurus might have advised the English soccer fat-cats to pay the players 500 pounds retainer each year, …
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Once, children brought in an apple for teacher. Now, at private schools, Hermès handbags, diamond necklaces and even wads of cash are the order of the day. According to the magazine Tatler, rich parents are giving such “inappropriately extravagant” gifts to their children’s teachers that some schools have imposed “ceilings”, amid fears that they could …
The objective of the medical profession should be to prolong life, not to prolong death. The preoccupation among doctors with keeping alive those who will be on life support indefinitely is perverse. Indeed, it is cruel. We should all have the right to end our lives when we want to and sign a piece of …
One of the political issues in Britain at the moment is the allegation that government education policy had led to the the axing of parts of schools’ curriculums, poor governance, homophobia, segregation of the sexes, a bar on sex education, and unsuitable religious speakers at assemblies. This is all about Islamism, mainly in Birmingham, and …
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US law curiously states that the air above our heads is public above 500 feet and that individuals own the air space above their homes up to 83 feet. So who owns the space between the 83 feet and the 500 feet? The Federal Aviation Administration is currently regulating it in the cause of public …
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