Wow! When I first heard about Gibson's planned film I had assumed it would be a complete bust at the box office. I think it was about a ...

Enlargement of the EU is leading to a decline in the importance of French in the EU. Only 13% of potential EU officials from the new member...

I'm opposed to gay marriage and I see no reason to go through all that again . But, I'll just comment on it as an issue rather than ...

I know I'm swimming against the tide on this one, but I cannot see what benefit children derive from having the internet in school . ...

Scotland's population decline "is posing a bigger threat to new business creation than the nation's traditional suspicion of s...

I'm still not able to contribute as I'd like here, but I have to say something about Britain's Catholic Bishops' pronounceme...

Have to take a few days off from blog due to family situation. See you soon.

Long article from Commentary magazine by Anne Bayefsky. The nadir of the UN’s record in these matters was the conference on racism and xen...

Absolutely fantastic pictures from Hubble . I hope they don't let this thing die with all the Mars planning. Probably need a high speed ...

The NY Times has an article this morning about wealthy Arab Americans who are contributing large sums to the Bush campaign. This is counte...

Kieron Wood's article in yesterday's Sunday Business Post claims that the greater feminization of the Catholic Church may lead to ...

As if on cue, an article in Today's Sunday Times (London — unfortunately, subscription required outside Britain & Ireland) about Eu...

This headline, " Most Americans now say Bush lied over weapons", from this morning's Irish Independent is actually wrong . ...

The other day, Barry Bonds's personal trainer was indicted for drugs trafficking. I doubt there's a fan of the game who doesn't...

First they're rounded up and imprisoned in Cuba. Now many are seriously ill and "are being held under inhumane conditions", ac...

For all of you who are sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for me to return to this topic, I've exhausted all I have to say on Fra...

"You don't know how lucky you were ", so says Mr. Putin . I guess. At least back in those "good ole days", you di...

I hate this kind of thing . Let it go away. I am essentially a Republican, but I was totally opposed to the hounding of President Clinton ov...

Just to reassure Frank , it's not so much that I'm trying to "post-rationalise a gut feeling", but rather I'm trying t...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting this morning that Palestinian legislators are investigating claims that the family of the Palestinian PM i...