It is probably still sadly true that John Maynard Keynes is the world’s most important economist. But that doesn’t mean he is right, or ever was right. More and more governments are waking up to the […]

I’m not sure that ‘dill’ is the right word. But I can’t think of a polite synonym. Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer don’t like James Cameron. They accepted his challenge to global warming sceptics to a ‘high noon’ debate. […]

My wife has been telling me for some time, and not very kindly, that the picture to the left looks nothing like me, since I am now so old and grey and wrinkly. So here is a self portrait I […]

But which parent? Two articles from the UK’s Telegraph. Fat Women Have Fat Daughters. No surprises there. Whether being fat is genetic or (my God, surely not!) related to diet and activity, what your mum does […]