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Under the heading ” I Nearly Died. So What? ” Megan Daum, a columnist at The Los Angeles Times talked about her experience of a rare disease that nearly killed her. ( New York Times, November 16, 2014) Ms. Daum described her recovery and the reactions to it from her friends and acquaintances. All wanted …
A burgeoning world population has brought with it a decline in the respect given to other people, especially by governments, who look upon people as mouths to feed. Hitler was exhibit No.1, de-humanizing those he despised. But modern politiciansare only slightly better: Lord Freud (a name to conjure with?) recently referred to the changing number …
This blog is due for some good news! Marc vanRijsselberghe is a farmer on the bleak Texel, an island in the northern part of the Netherlands. He has developed a strain of potato that thrives in salinated soil. Fifty per cent of the world’s agricultural land is threatened by salt water, and there are millions …
To The Sunday Times I applaud India Knight on inappropriate use of mobile phones. It reminds me of a polite notice I have seen recently taped to the front of a till in a busy café on a university campus: “We appreciate your phone call is very important to you, therefore we will not interrupt …
A while ago I posted a piece about sex abuse and the role of the British media. By coincidence I found the following edited article by Janice Turner, published in The Times in July 2013. She headed it, “Men are also the victims of porn” Women and children are not the only victims of hardcore …
