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A depletionist view of history and humanity
spiked,
26 February 2010
David Willetts is one of today’s very few intellectual parliamentarians, which makes the fact that he has now written a neo-Malthusian, generation-bashing book all the more depressing.
Let children be children
Guardian,
26 February 2010
We can't hide all sexual images from children but we can stop reading their behaviour through a prism of adult motives.
Turning peer review into modern-day holy scripture
spiked,
23 February 2010
The treatment of peer-reviewed science as an unquestionable form of authority is corrupting the peer-review system and damaging public debate.
Rescuing adult authority in the twenty-first century
spiked,
15 February 2010
Parental determinism – the idea that parenting skills shape the future – makes Stalin’s economic determinism seem almost subtle by comparison.
Music for the masses: could it work here?
spiked,
28 January 2010
It would be brilliant if El Sistema, Venezuela’s social movement for classical music education, came to Britain. But there are obstacles.
Hulp is geen zaak voor angsthazen
NRC Handelsblad,
26 January 2010
Reddingswerkers en hulporganisaties bekommeren zich te veel om de eigen veiligheid.
War Gott Grün?
Die Furche Feuilleton,
22 January 2010
Beim Versuch, mithilfe der Religion die Menschen zu einem umweltfreundlichen Verhalten zu zwingen, degradieren grüne Denker sowohl den Glauben als auch die Wissenschaft. Von Frank Furedi.
To rescue Haitians, we need to take risks
spiked,
18 January 2010
The slow delivery of aid to Haitians suggests that even the noble mission of saving lives has been subordinated to the dictates of risk-aversion.
There’s still hope for the good guys
The Australian,
16 January 2010
In a cultural landscape dominated by simplistic nihilism, Cormac McCarthy's tale of survival stands apart.
It’s 15 below zero as weathermen go witch-hunting
The Australian,
13 January 2010
It is snowing big time in my town in Kent. The family sits in front of the television to discover whether there is more of the white stuff to come. However, instead of an informative weather forecast we are offered a political broadcast.
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