Month: July 2010

Set aside the possible merits, you can’t spend nine years shooting at Muslims and getting shot at by Muslims without a significant portion of your society developing a dislike for Muslims. And, while that’s a...

An opinion piece from a former Attorney General shows just how inconvenient one of the bedrock treaties of international relations has become for Guantánamo supporters. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning...

Once again, it is time for a bloggers’ ethics panel.

. Jack Straw too turns his back on US Senate inquiry into Megrahi (The Scotsman) – The confusion was only added to by the revelations about Mr Blair’s involvement. The draft invite asked the former prime minister to...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be starting an entirely new painting. I’m using the photo seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a large (for me) 12 x 12 inch gallery-style (thick) canvas....