Essays & Opinion

When Paid Media is Not Professional

It is a truism that the world is run by elites. The very nature of power and wealth means that it is coveted...

10 Bond Secrets We Will Never Know

Thanks to Skyfall, the new Bond film directed by Sam Mendes, we know more about James Bonds' back story than ever before. We...

What Did Obama Say About Benghazi?

If you like politics, then the second debate between President Barack Obama and his challenger, Mitt Romney, was a real humdinger. Both men...

47% Agree: Romney’s Maths Stink

Before you leap up in fury, let me start by saying I am not going to mention taxes, or entitlements, or anything like that....

Why Predistribution Makes Miliband Prediculous

Please let me make a prediction about 'predistribution', a solution to Britain's economic and social woes, as explained by Labour Leader Ed Miliband this...

What Clint Should Have Said

The problem with being partisan is that it forces you to be wrong some of the time. There is no need to be...

Licence to Bill

Governments license people to do and own dangerous things, so they can keep a track on who is putting everyone else at risk. ...

A Very Unspecial Relationship

Face facts, all you supporters of America's Republican Party. Your chosen Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, is a bit of a weirdo. Not...

How Obamacare Unified Rhetorical Hypocrisy

You have to give Mitt Romney credit for one thing: he is not a hater. Perhaps that is why he sometimes seems an...

Roberts: A Good Argument, Pure and Simple

John Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, did some surprising things this week. The least surprising was that...

Fernandez’s Next Five Demands

You have to admire Cristina Fernandez, President of Argentina, for her dogged pursuit of lost causes. Fernandez is so dogged that if you...

TV Reboots to Moot

TV reboots are unpredictable. Some turn out to be far superior to the original. Battlestar Galactica started out as a camp 70's...
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