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As a young man who has experienced the ill-effects of immigration (I used to be a chef; the only English-born person in a team of 20), I am appalled at the lack of understanding of what the real issues are. Immigration may be good for “Big-Business Britain”, but it is not good for the poor, …
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Pope Francis has appointed an Irish victim to the Vatican’s panel on sexual abuse. While the Pope has called the sexual abuse of children “the shame of the Church”, what he could just as usefully do is to allow priests to marry. There is no biblical justification for celibacy; on the contrary, celibacy was adopted …
The BBC ran an article about how fewer people were walking without any particular purpose. They walk to keep fit or lose weight, but not for the purpose of thinking. “There is something about the pace of walking and the pace of thinking that goes together. Walking requires a certain amount of attention but it …
In Senegal the test of success is still to have a big family. In the Washington Post of March 16, 2014 Allyn Gaestal interviewed a 76 year old farmer called Hadji Fally Diallo, who has taken the writings of the prophet literally and has three wives and 30, yes 30, children. “With 30 children some …
Staff at upmarket restaurants in the US are now googling diners before they arrive, so that they can “personalise” their experience – by, say, wishing them a happy birthday, congratulating them on their new job, or pointing them to a wine from their favourite appellation. (The Week) “Hello, I’m Tony. I’ll be your server tonight”. …
