As We’ve Been Saying, We Cannot Afford The Welfare State We’ve Already Got
You'll have noted that there's a cry, a clamour, that we've got to raise taxes. Raise taxes on all sorts of people because government's...
Japanese Rains Kill Multiples Of Death Toll From Fukushima’s Bananas Radiation
There have been significant, severe, rains in Japan. Scores have lost their lives and some 2 million are being told to move, evacuate. All...
Paul Krugman Misses – As Do Most – The Problem With A Job Guarantee...
As is usual with Paul Krugman and matters economic he's right what he says here about a government job guarantee. As is also usual...
The Mongolian Clusterhuddle Explaining Why India And Bangladesh Are Still Poor
It's entirely possible - and true - to point out that both India and Bangladesh are actually rather rich places. They're well above the...
Roseanne And The $2 Million a Character Tweet
A, somewhat belated, thought:
Perhaps if the price of a single repulsive tweet is now somewhere north of $100 million the good old US of...
Dispatches From The States #1
This is from our special correspondent in Flyover Country, Dennis the Peasant:
It’s only July, but Dennis is going out on a limb here and...
The Problem With So Many Female Doctors Is That So Many Doctors Are Female
That women have the freedom to become doctors is great. But that there are female doctors is akin to the problem we've got with...
Karnataka’s Electoral Bribery Of Farmers Happens As Predicted
There are various ways one can dress this up. Hard pressed farmers are offered substantial relief from their crushing loan burdens for example. That...
Numtots Have Entirely Missed The Point Jane Jacobs Was Making
The Guardian introduces us to a grouping who have entirely missed the point being made. The Numtots are a group, Facebook community, a mistake...
I Just Want To Show Off My Nuts, I Don’t Need A German Hand...
I am looking at bowls and I'm rather confused. My only real requirement is that they should be usable for putting nuts in and...