Saturday, December 30, 2006

How is the world a safer place?

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So, Saddam has been topped, justice has been done and the world is a safer place. Thank you, Mr. Bush. Of course, there is, as always, an al...
Friday, December 22, 2006

My top 140 (or so) films

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Maybe it's just the something about season that enourages nostalgia and sentimentality verging on the maudlin, but I spent a sheepish co...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

What kids think

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There was an interesting, if slightly depressing, British survey published recently about what kids under 10 years of age consider the best...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Off-shore wind - what's not to like?

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Kudos to Britain for giving the go-ahead to two huge new off-shore windfarms off its windy east coast, enough to power over a million house...
Thursday, December 14, 2006

You can’t please all the people all the time

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A couple of articles in today’s newspaper brought home to me just how complicated modern politics and issue-based decision-making has become...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Disproportionate media attention

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Call me callous, but I have been a little disturbed by the amount of media attention granted to Laura Gainey, who is currently still techni...
Friday, December 08, 2006

How to stop the planet from burning

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Just coincidental days after belatedly viewing Al Gore's " An Inconvenient Truth " DVD (which I must confess I found a bit gli...

Isn't life priceless?

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A thought-provoking article appeared in today's Globe and Mail, articulating a tricky ethical debate which I have often considered over...