Month: April 2005

In a judgment issued today a judge (or more correctly, a Queen’s Counsel sitting as an election commissioner) has found six Labour Councillors from the Midlands city of Birmingham guilty of election fraud. The elections...

I have gone back and forth on unconditional love.  Firstly, unlike most people I’ve always felt that unconditional love was a vice, not an altruism. I value science, I do not see physical science as distinct in the...

Well it is Monday over here on this side of the Pond and should be over there with you by the time you get to read this. SO COME ON! Shake yourself, stretch and take a careful look outside: It’s the start of a new week!...

Saturday afternoon, President Bush made a short statement on the death of Pope John Paul II, which he used to promote his agenda.  An excerpt: The Catholic Church has lost its shepherd, the world has lost a champion of...

The Afghan government charges that “western aid [over $10bn] is wasted on expensive vehicles, inflated salaries and excessive overheads.” NGOs reply that they’ve been confused with “highly paid private...