A study of 186 hunter-gatherer cultures found that when men are involved in the care of their own infants the cultures do not make war. This greater involvement of men with their babies may eventually contribute to a more peaceful world. It would, if true of “advanced” nations, be very much in the spirit of …
The United States is in the middle of a huge consolidation of big companies in a wide range of industries: beer, health insurance, food and air travel to mention just four industries. Only four airlines now control 70% of air travel; the biggest five commercial banks hold half the nation’s bank assets; Expedia- Orbitz and …
If you want to see where Tory plans to shrink the state will lead, look no further than Barnet. The Tory-run London suburb is in the process of shrinking the number of town hall staff from 3,200 to as few as 332. It is outsourcing so many of its services to the £7bn multinational company …
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Since the mainstream media are not reporting this, I thought it might be of interest to readers to complete what I wrote yesterday. After its battle in Dabiq, the caliphate will go on to sack Istanbul, destroy Israel and continue to expand, since expansion is the essential duty of the Caliph. At some point an …
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In the Monday edition of the New York Times Paul Krugman, deviating from his usual subject of economics, said that the objective of ISIS was to terrorize non-believers. It’s true that the “Caliphate” has a holy duty to terrorize its enemies, but this is not the main objective. In the March edition of Atlantic Magazine, …
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