For those of you who are overwhelmed by the amount of media attention and debate surrounding the topic of eugenics and Clause 14 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, here’s a very errudite summary of the issue: “Should we stamp out ‘designer deafness’?” by Sandy Starr
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It’s quite bizarre to think that we’ve got a new Prime Minister in Gordon Brown. Be honest, who looks the more Prime Minister-ly?
Source: BBC News: Cabinet faces: old and new
When I think of Brown jetting off to the USA to meet George Bush at the White House, there’s something wrong with that image. [...]
There has been considerable debate in recent years about the conflicts instigated by the USA and the UK in Afghanistan and Iraq. The aim of this post is to ascertain just exactly what it’s all about.
Afghanistan
Strictly speaking, the war in Afghanistan began with the September 11, 2001 attacks. Attributed to Al-Qaeda, an international [...]
I can’t work it out. The world seems to be on the precipice of a huge catastrophe with global warming, with glaciers around the world melting, such as here and here. It seems that humans are to blame for this – so what’s new? But exactly how and why are humans getting the [...]
