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Development and the supply side
I’m trying not to over-react to Tim Worstall’s naiive article over at Tech Central. His core…
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Do politicians deserve their reputation?
It is fashionable to deride politicians for being ambitious, greedy, incompetent and vain. This is in…
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Avoiding a sugar crash
I have written a long, boring article on the impact of sugar. Here is a different…
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London Bridge did not fall down
Driving from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas, we decided to stop in to Lake Havasu…
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Craigs List Scam
Craig Newmark, founder of Craig’s List and all round good bloke, says in his blog: SCAM:…
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Solutions in search of a problem
Bureaucrats have a habit (and I should know, because I am one) of maintaining a list…
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Not the America of Thomas Jefferson
Let’s hope this is temporary, but many of characteristics that made America great seem to be…
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The coup in Mauritania and Islam in sub-Saharan Africa
The coup in Mauritania has had very little attention in the world’s media, but it raises…
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Sudan after Garang
From Sleepless in Sudan – a moving and very readable blog recording life in a Sudanese…
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