A short while ago I joined Twitter as the suggestion of a friend, who explained that the more people I “followed” the more “followers” I would have and the more people would visit this blog. Maybe some of them would leave comments, dear Reader. I set about this task with gusto, “following” all the philosophers …
The British National Health Service is undergoing its greatest upheaval since 1948. In this “mighty £3bn convulsion”, GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), took over from primary care trusts. These groups will now be responsible for deciding how most of the treatment undertaken in the name of the NHS in England – some £60bn worth – …
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The New York Times reports today that Pope Francis has upheld his predecessor’s accusations that American nuns are “tinged with feminism”, have spent too much time on ending social and economic injustice, and have not paid attention to stopping abortion. They are to be reformed, it seems, under the fatherly tutelage of the Archbishop of …
Lean in. That’s what Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, sees as the key to success. Women, she argues in a book of that title, too often lean away without realising it, because half their minds are preoccupied with thoughts of the best way to raise a family. They “unconsciously sabotage their careers”, she …
In America public opinion has suddenly turned and is supporting not only equal treatment of homosexuals but gay marriage. I want to raise a similar issue of human rights: the right of a sentient human being to end his or her life when he or she wants to end it, without interference from busybodies, and …
