I seem to be falling into the habit of writing whole articles purely in response to an article someone else wrote that I happened to find interesting. This time, it was the recent article “Should we …
The recent success of MS sufferer Debbie Purdy in persuading the country’s most senior judges to back her call for a clarification of the law regarding assisted suicide has prompted a new national debate on …
It is 40 years since Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind after landing on the Moon on the 20th July 1969. Unfortunately, mankind has stood rather still since then as manned exploration of …
(c) Lunar Caustic
Pre-implantation genetic testing or screening IVF embryos for signs of crippling disabilities, to use its sexier title, has been back in the papers again over the last few weeks. In little more than …
(c) .faramarz
The Iranian Presidential election, judging by the reaction of the mainstream media across America and Europe, appears to be an open and shut case with the victory of incumbent President Ahmadinejad being widely denounced …
(c) freshwater2006
Last Sunday, a day after the free world celebrated the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Fascism, the British National Party won its first seats in the European Parliament. While the thought of Nick …
The latest poll for the European elections has put the Conservatives at the top with over 29% and the British National Party (BNP) at the bottom with just 5%. Consequently, much has been said of whether the nationalists actually pose a threat to our democracy, but very little about what kind of threat is posed by the Church telling people who to vote for two weeks before an election.
(c) Leonid Mamchenkov
If you have managed to tear yourself away from the MPs expenses scandal in the last few weeks, you may have read about British couple David and Linda Orams. In 2004, a Cypriot …
