We can all applaud the bi-partisan effort to reduce prison populations. But fewer prisoners in due course means fewer actual prisons, does it not? So which prisons will be kept and which closed down – the public or the private prisons? I am offering no prizes for anyone guessing which! Since politicians will not wish to …
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Rudyard Kipling argued in “Stalky & Co” that much of the value of British public-schools (private boarding school) experience lies in learning to oppose the dictates of routine, the cult of athleticism and the public parading of patriotic sentiment. Probably some of the most unpopular sentiments expressed in a book, guaranteed to cause fury today …
Americans have become heavier over the years – and not just Americans – and the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes has rapidly increased. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 10 percent of American adults have Type 2 diabetes, and that 86 million (!) adults over age 20 are prediabetic. Call that 86 …
Livestock rearing accounts for 14.5 per cent of the world’s human-caused emissions, nearly half of that coming from growing and shipping the corn and soy that most of the animals eat. (UN Food and Agriculture Organization). A typical meat-eater’s diet is responsible for almost twice as much global warming as that of a vegetarian and almost …
Websites about Epicureanism seem to proliferate, most of them saying the same things, with little new. The problem with Epicureanism in particular is that so many of the ancient writings were either lost or were deliberately destroyed by early Christians, but this does not deter people from regurgitating the fragments left ad nauseam. But to …
