Another occasion when I have to stand up for the speech rights of those I disagree with.
I know of the far left, I’d say lunatic Left group Novara Media. I don’t normally give it much of a thought other than…
culture
Why are so many quacks and pseudoscience types still with us? Maybe better science education would lessen their impact and number?
There have always been quacks, medicine has been riddled with them since at least the dawn of scientific medicine. There have always been people…
Is panic really the problem that it is often thought to be? Do government’s panic too much about potential panic and how does this relate to honesty about terrorism?
Over on the post about the extremely dodgy Abedi family,the family of extremists two of whom were behind the bombing of Manchester Arena in…
From Elsewhere: Well worth a listen about Stonewall and the BBC.
About a week ago I wrote and published an article that was for me uncharacteristic praise for the BBC for deciding to abandon their…
From Elsewhere: What counts as ‘marginalised’?
We are being forever told by MP’s, councillors, trans activists and lobby groups like Stonewall, that trans people are ‘marginalised’. The claim that trans…
It’s not often these days that I say ‘Well done’ to the BBC.
The BBC is not an organisation that, in its current form, I feel any need to praise. In fact I’m more likely to damn…
From Elsewhere: Superb comment from Nick Cohen of the Observer.
Nick Cohen is one of those writers whom I have absolute respect for, even when what he says is something I might not agree…
Let’s have some ‘hate facts’ about gender shall we.
1. Men do not have a cervix 2. Men cannot carry a foetus 3. Male muscle mass is greater than that of women therefore…
From Elsewhere: Gullibility didn’t go away.
There’s an excellent article about gullibility over at the Unherd site today. It starts off by talking about the hoaxer who, during Queen Anne’s…
Intellectual and viewpoint diversity and literary festivals.
One of the things I like about living in the more central part of England is that it’s not impossible to get to the…
