As The Guardian has reported, Peter Thiel has been lecturing in San Francisco about the Antichrist, Armageddon and a one-world order. What his Antichrist fixation
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Who will pay to rebuild Gaza?
It seems to me that the time has arrived to ask the question that I am not seeing asked almost anywhere, which is, who will
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The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the UK system now?
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This one follows
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The inequality lie
Right-wing commentators claim inequality in Britain is falling. It isn’t. The Office for National Statistics says the Gini coefficient has improved — but the truth
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Christianists
There was a discussion here this morning. Jaqueline was offended on behalf of Christians that white male so-called Christian nationalists claim the right to use
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The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the US system now?
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This
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If Rachel Reeves must raise taxes, the basic rate of income tax is the worst place to start
The Telegraph reported this morning that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has told Rachel Reeves that raising income tax would be
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Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness
According to The Guardian, Nigel Farage, speaking at an event at a private Christian college in Michigan, USA, has accused teachers in the UK of
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Talking the language of courage
In 2011, I wrote The Courageous State, which was a call for governments that act with purpose and confidence, not cowardice. Fourteen years later, we still
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