Chuck Hagel, the US Defense Secretary, is pondering how to cut the size of the US Army from 528,000 to 380,000. Even given the fact that all the armed forces are probably bloated, this is a big reduction. The normal thing is to reduce the number of junior officers and other ranks. But what really …
An interpretation of events in Ukraine: it is well known that Putin wants to resurrect to Russian empire and deeply regrets that Ukraine was given independence. This whole thing is a put up job. Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was offered a deal by Putin: you help me get Crimea and eastern Ukraine and in …
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The Catholic church and its political allies in Poland have declared war on “gender” issues, such as sex education, which is apparently regarded as worse than communism. The word “gender” is used to refer to all issues of lesbian, gay or trans-sexual nature, to most matters of sex, contraceptives and abortion. Under Communism women enjoyed …
Journalist Dan Hurley tried to establish whether we are stuck with the IQ we are born with or whether, with strenuous brain exercise, using all science knows about exercise, meditation, memory exercise, music, electric currents, nicotine patches etc, and their affect on cognition, you can significantly improve your brain and intelligence. Result? Not a lot. …
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Cambridgeshire, UK: A school in Peterborough became the first in the UK not to have a single pupil who speaks English as their first language. The 440 children at Gladstone Primary have 20 mother tongues between them, including Czech, Portuguese and several African languages. However, teachers have devised a number of strategies to cope with …
