The opposite of a superficial lie
“The opposite of a fact is a falsehood. But the opposite of a profound truth may very well be another profound truth.”Niels Bohr The news media have gotten themselves tangled up, from the beginning of...
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How to vaccinate all the Germans in two easy steps
One might despair at how hopelessly behind Europe in general, and Germany in particular, is with its vaccination campaign. According to the data below from the Robert Koch Institute, they recovered...
View ArticleAnglophone exceptionalism
Guardian film reviewer Peter Bradshaw does not like the new French film Deception, directed by Arnaud Desplechin, based on one of Philip Roth’s many pseudo-autobiographical novels. And one of the...
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Neanderthals and women
The article seems to have good intentions, but this headline in today’s Guardian is the most sexist I’ve seen in some time. It sounds like the men were hard at work “creating language”, and some women...
View ArticleConversion ratio
The attempted terrorist bombing of a Liverpool hospital a couple of days ago was apparently carried out by a Christian convert. As far as I can tell from reports in the press, Christian leaders —...
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Actors and financiers
The New Statesman has published an extended interview of Tony Blair by… the Welsh actor Michael Sheen. I found it a bizarre prospect. I know nothing about Sheen — I saw him in a film once — but I’m...
View ArticlePassive murder
The Guardian has an article today about the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to put an end to attempts by the London Metropolitan Police to punish women who participated in a vigil for Sarah...
View ArticleFree speech in England
From The Guardian today: A man has been charged over comments made during a proclamation ceremony for the king. Thames Valley police said on Friday that Symon Hill, 45, of Oxford, had been charged...
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The unbearable heaviness of buildings: Another episode in the series “Useless...
Apparently, Manhattan is sinking by 1-2mm per year, due to the weight of its skyscrapers. The Guardian reports on the research led by Tom Parsons, of the US Geological Survey, saying that New York...
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