“Global warming is the greatest scam in history.” Denialist headlines like this one litter the internet, confusing the public and frustrating climate scientists. Scientists are fighting back. There is Climate Feedback, an internet tool that lets climate scientists review journalists’ reports on the subject and give each story a credibility score. The system uses a …
The following is a comment by Owen Bell, a contributor to this blog. It is particularly apposite in view of the strident militarism of some election candidates: “One of the reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire was perpetual warfare. They were constantly engaged in battle against the Germanic and Celtic tribes, to say …
A most interesting thing has happened over the last twenty-five years or so. The story of Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor, has been transformed into a conservative anti-tax message, where, instead of the baddies being rich aristocrats and Norman landowners, the targets are now the modern “spongers”, the idle and …
I understand that Justice Scalia was good company and personally a nice man. One should never speak ill of the recently dead. However, notwithstanding the eulogies, it is appropriate to comment briefly on his Constitutional views and judgments. This was the man who believed that corporations are people and should be accorded the same rights …
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” (Warren Buffett) So what answer do you have? Do we just put up with it, and if so, for how long? This is a moral, an Epicurean, issue. It’s about a civilised life of dignity and fairness, …
