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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Read my lips
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 December 2013 “There will be no downgrading of human rights under this Government…” William Hague, … Continue reading
Women “too ethical” for business
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 December 2013 Men are nearly five times more likely than women to reach a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, UK
Tagged business ethics, Diageo, feminism, gender equality, John Lewis, profit, RBS
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Authors attack Big Brother
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 11 December 2013 A STAND FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Hundreds of Writers sign Appeal … Continue reading
Fun and games
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 10 December 2013 You couldn’t make it up. The slime of state snooping into people’s private … Continue reading
Posted in Police, UK, USA
Tagged Big Brother, Edward Snowden, espionage, George Orwell, Ian McEwan, Leviathan, online gaming, state surveillance
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Abolish school exams!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 9 December 2013 At a time of mega-testing of children’s intellectual abilities, when there is ferocious … Continue reading
Posted in Education, UK, UN
Tagged educational rat race, hit parades, Roy Boffy, rubbish in rubbish out, school tests
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It’s a dog’s life for some
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 8 December 2013 The term “a dog’s life” is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, UK
Tagged bedroom tax, Fido, Harrods, Horatio Alger, NHS, Oxford English Dictionary, Samuel Smiles, Waitrose
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New comet or damp squib?
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 7 December 2013 “His heart is in the right place, even if his head has gone … Continue reading
White horses and pink elephants
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 6 December 2013 The white horse you see in the park could be a zebra synchronised … Continue reading
Posted in China, Literature, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged A white horse is not a horse, Anne Jellicoe, China, Kung-sun Lung, logic, Ming jia, pink elephants, sophistry, zebra
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Development ≠ Democracy
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 5 December 2013 “There is no connection between democracy and development.” Observation by Meles Zenawi (1955-2012), … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Chile
Tagged Augusto Pinochet, Chile, China, democracy, Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, Xi Jinping
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Reaganomics
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 3 December 2013 “I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of … Continue reading