Peter Risdon

For many people on the right, the phrase “liberal left” is a contradiction in terms. That’s because of the way people on the Marxist left describe themselves as “liberals”. But properly, it is a tautology; liberals always sat, historically and metaphorically, on the left of every national assembly. That remains the case, with the [...]

Worth watching just for her accent.

Feynman again, from his QED lectures, on one kind of difficulty for the non-physicist understanding quantum electrodynamics. There are parallels in politics and, especially, economics:

May I suggest you consider watching the Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures before you die? You’d regret it if you didn’t.

So we never are right; we only can be sure that we’re wrong.
Richard Feynman.“>

I’ve been too busy to blog much, but this news report did catch my eye:
The figures also suggest that alcohol consumption is higher among the middle classes.
Men and women in “managerial and professional” households drank an average of 15.1 units a week.
In households classified as “routine and manual” the average consumption was 11.6 units a [...]

BECTA is the government’s “educational technology agency”, and it sounds like an exciting place:
Becta leads the national drive to inspire and lead the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning. It’s our ambition to create a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for learners of all ages and abilities enabling them to achieve their [...]

Iowahawk has obtained a copy of the interviewing officer’s notes…

This is disturbing:
Two Egyptian army officers are among 14 alleged Islamists arrested on charges of planning attacks in Israel, one of their lawyers said on Saturday.
A link to Al Qaeda has been alleged.
Via.

It seems a lot of people are disillusioned with mainstream parties.

Infoworld doesn’t like Windows Vista, and has launched a campaign to keep XP available until Vista is itself replaced. It makes a comparison with Windows Millennium, which was so unpopular Microsoft kept Windows 98 going until XP became available.
I’m not suggesting Microsoft are going to collapse, but a comparison with the IBM of the 1980s [...]