Sisyphus Redeemed
June 24, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
If there is a God, he surely has a sense of humor. The career of Shimon Peres, who is about to finish his term as President of Israel, is clear evidence
Has the US-UK War for Oil Detonated the “New Iraq”?
June 21, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Flames are rising from Iraq's largest oil refinery at Baiji, the result of mortar attacks by the varying forces sweeping towards the capital city. Felicity Arbuthnot describes the latest tragedy to befall Iraq
Monsanto, Syngenta, Pioner et al: With Friends in High Places, the GMO Biotech Sector is Kicking Open the Door to Europe
June 20, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The proposal to hand back some decision powers to member states of the European Union regarding GMO approvals is currently being discussed, writes Colin Todhunter
Saving the world should be based on promise, not fear
June 18, 2014 7:41 am Leave your thoughts
For 30 years I banged on about threats. But research shows we must to be true to ourselves - and to the wonder in nature, writes George Monbiot.
Piketty, The Wall Street Journal, and Rational Conservatives
June 16, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the 21st Century, has almost had the effect of a tsunami on economic thinking in the United States, writes Thomas Riggins
A Coup? Nonsense!
June 13, 2014 9:54 pm Leave your thoughts Journalist and former member of the Israeli parliament, Uri Avnery, describes how the Israeli Defence Force is held on a pedestal
The Day That Spanish Democracy Died
June 12, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
These are exciting times for Spanish royalists. They anticipate a new king, and it appears they are going to get one
A strategy for improving economic performance
June 12, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Former MP and member of the Labour shadow cabinet, Bryan Gould, discusses a strategy for improving economic performance and addressing inequality
Review: VJ McGill on Russell’s Critique of Marxism
June 11, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
In the "The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell" volume in the Library of Living Philosophers (1944) VJ McGill (1897-1977) published a detailed critique of Russell's political and economic philosophy
Police, Guns, Action – how safe were England’s pilot badger culls?
June 10, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The British government's policy to rid England's cattle of bovine TB by culling badgers is unravelling writes Lesley Docksey