Monthly Archives: February 2008

Mike Smith, of the Dave Clark Five, has died.

I didn’t expect this, but I agree with every word she writes. A lot of very valid criticisms can be levelled against a lot of contemporary feminist thinking. In fact, sometimes it can be so absurd it becomes great comedy. … Continue reading →

Norman Geras on democracy, Muslims and impositions.

An interesting insight into the world wished for by environmentalists (who put the “mental” in environmental?) can be gleaned from the website of the wonderfully funny E-Day project: E-Day’s activities will include the following: (1) St Paul’s Cathedral launch (5:00pm … Continue reading →

I wrote here about the origins of the word “libertarian”, placing its adoption by Classical Liberals in the US to the 1970s. This is incorrect. In an introduction quoted in The Life and Works of Thomas Paine, Thomas Edison wrote: … Continue reading →

I’m slightly late with this, but the gimlet-eyed accuracy of Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell’s analysis demands it be brought to a wider audience. Yes, it’s George Bush’s fault.

Blimey. After a ludicrous and ineffective threat of libel proceedings, Neil Clarke (the lack of a link is deliberate) has complained to the police about Oliver Kamm: Yesterday morning I got a telephone call from a bewildered gentleman at Abingdon … Continue reading →

The corporations and speculators who have been abusing software patents have this in their favour: it’s hard for the layman to understand the significance of something like this: Consider, for instance, patent 5,175,857, which covers a “System for sorting records … Continue reading →

Well, it was a bit disappointing perhaps, but E-Day made back some ground to finish just 0.1% above the daily average of energy consumption. Or did they? Here’s the screenshot I took of their energy consumption graph at about 7:30am … Continue reading →

Network Rail, the company that manages Britain’s rail infrastructure, describes itself as follows: As a company limited by guarantee, we are a private company operating as a commercial business. We are directly accountable to our members and regulated by the … Continue reading →