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I am re-visiting the issue of universities and their governance, because it is so very important to our futures and to civilised life. What is said about British universities applies equally to Their American counterparts. Over a year ago, in an article in the London Review of Books, Marina Warner wrote: ” A university is …
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Medicare, just over 50 years old, is a great success. Older Americans on Medicare are spending less time in the hospital and living longer. The cost of a typical hospital stay has actually come down over the past 15 years, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers looked at the experience of 60 million …
It was none other than Philip Morris — for years and years the largest food manufacturer in North America through its acquisition of General Foods and then Kraft — who, in 1999, warned them that they were going to face as much trouble over salt, sugar, fat, obesity as Philip Morrris was then facing over …
It is said that children need tough love to grow up as balanced, disciplined adults. The love has to be tempered by toughness when it comes to discipline. And toughness always needs to be tempered by love. There ought to be BA’s in Parenting, much more useful than BA’s in Business Studies. Parenting is …
The above headline must seem a bit strange, but bear with me. Total UK credit card debt in May 2016 stood at £67 billion. Per household this amounts to £2,397 per household for credit cards bearing the average interest. It would take 25 years to repay this if you only made the minimum payment every …
