Getting Around Town
I'll go out on a limb and predict that passenger-carrying drones will be in commercial use before driverless cars. Now, driverless cars will almost...
McDonald’s Pays Over Minimum Wage But Surprise! Not a $ Over Everywhere
Back a while McDonald's announced that it would be paying - in those company owned restaurants where it controls the wages - a $1...
Shouldn’t The EPA Have Learned From The VW Emissions Scandal?
It would appear that Donald Trump's version of the Environmental Protection Agency has learned the lesson of the VW and others diesel emissions scandal....
Should Footballers Price Your Haircut?
On the gameshow “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, each contestant started the game with three lifelines – if they got in trouble and...
What’s A Lie About Abortion Depends On Who’s Defining What A Lie Is
Please do note that this isn't a discussion of whether abortion should be allowed, should happen, nor the terms of either. I'm well aware...
UberRush Closes Down – That’s Why Uber Succeeds
It will sound a little strange to some that a company closing down an idea, a line of business, is evidence that the company...
The State As Simple Shopper – NHS Saves On Surgical Gloves
Sure and isn't it obvious that if the government is buying lots of something then it should get a pretty good price? Equally sure...
Trump’s Ridiculous Demands Of Mexico About The Border
Someone really needs to tell President Trump the truth here, the borders of a nation are to keep people out, not to keep them...
Return of the Robber Barons
Will Hutton has a column in today's Guardian, GKN will be stripped and sold for parts by ghouls who have no interest in making...
Evgeny Morozov Wants To Nationalise Our Data – Then Reinvent The Market. Why Bother?
I've long wondered what Evgeny Morozov is actually for. As a deep thinker he seems to be one of the cast offs from a...