From Elsewhere: The academy has become a place where critical thinking is not encouraged but instead destroyed.
About a week ago I wrote an article discussing the decision by the manager of a conservative leaning NGO in the United States to…
free speech
A win for women, common sense and biological reality.
It was revealed earlier today that Maya Forstater, who was sacked from her job as a tax expert with a charity for questioning gender…
Quote of the Day 02/03/2021 – Paul Embery gets it right
From Paul Embery, working class left winger, trade unionist and critic of the middle class Metro Left.
Now That’s Why Pakistan Is A S***hole. Volume 156 – Pot calls Kettle Black edition
As we all now know, or should know, Pakistan is a hellish place to be a religious minority. This is because Pakistan’s ruling Sunni…
From Elsewhere: Neither Liberal nor Democratic in any meaningful sense.
In Britain we have rules about honesty in advertising. You are not allowed to claim that your particular brand of beer is good for…
Amnesty International gets a justified roasting about their hypocrisy.
The human rights group Amnesty International used to be a solid, reliable and impartial group. It used to support all prisoners of conscience no…
Quote of the Day 10/02/2021 – Why collective insanities happen.
Societal collective madness has been responsible for all manner of horrific things over the centuries. These bouts of collective insanity have been responsible for…
Making a martyr out of a fraggle.
Piers Corbyn is one of those people who are like a stopped analogue clock, right twice a day. He’s probably correct in his view…
Quote of the Day 29th January 2021 – Uncle Rupert goes after the ‘wokeists’.
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch is and has been for decades, a bogeyman for the Left. The left hates Mr Murdoch with an absolute…
Why freedom of speech is important – A good example.
I’m in favour of freedom of speech. I’m in favour of a culture where mockery, a diversity of opinions (including those that turn my…
