Last July angry French farmers, who get the lion’s share of EU subsidies, were out on the roads again, stopping lorries carrying produce from Germany and Spain, tipping the contents onto the tarmac. Much of the EU subsidy goes to a few wealthy cereal producers; the rest of France’s farmers are losers in a brutal …
Dr Ezekiel Emanuel, 57, thinks old people over 75 are a waste of space. They consume too much healthcare and their lives are so diminished that they are not worth living, he thinks. He publicly announced that he intended to accept no medical treatment after 75 and preferred to die before he became “feeble, ineffectual, and …
A team of anthropologists at University College London interviewed hundreds of couples in two hunter-gatherer tribes, the Palanan Agta of the Philippines and Congo’s Mbendjele BaYaka, as well as the Filipino farming tribe the Paranan, which is a patriarchal society. These people offer a strong approximation of the lifestyles and communities of our oldest ancestors …
“Conquests and wars of choice always bring unexpected consequences and never bring happiness. The seeking for security with massive armies is an illusion. While you are fighting to be secure, matters at home all too often deteriorate, especially if only a small part of the population benefits from the profits”. (Michel de Montaigne 1533-1592). Montaigne …
44% of British workers aged 20-39 have, in the past five years, lied about being sick in order get a day off work, compared to just 12% of those over 50. 29% of workers aged 20-39 consider “sickies” to be “additional holidays” that they deserve. (RIAS/Daily Mail) This is hardly new. I remember reviewing employee attendance and noticed that one …
