Mein Kampf and offensive censorship
A national bookstore recommends Mein Kampf to its customers…so what’s the problem? By way of a temporal journey back a few months: I was reading a BBC article recently which discussed the decision by the German state of Bavaria to allow the publication of Mein Kampf after it’s copyright expires in 2015. I [...]
The fear of failure is crippling British education and killing creativity in schools… A new study published by the American Psychological Association has shown that children perform better in school if they acknowledge failure as part of the learning process. On tasks such as anagram problems and reading comprehension, researchers found that children [...]
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Since the end of the Cold War, America has been on a relentless search for enemies. But the real dangers are at home… The United States is a bit like a 375-pound, middle-aged man with a heart condition walking down a city street at night eating a Big Mac. He’s sweating profusely because [...]
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Ed Miliband has made some smart moves when it comes to spinning the Coalition… Early last year, only months after he was elected leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband engaged in a cunning little piece of politics. The Labour Party stopped describing this government as a “coalition” and blaming the Lib Dems [...]
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The UK and the Alternative Vote: A missed opportunity… Last year the United Kingdom missed an opportunity to significantly reform its electoral system. On offer was the alternative vote (AV), the same system used for the election of the House of Representatives in Australia. The UK voting-public voted against the proposed reform. What [...]
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Teachers should be given far greater freedom to inspire their students… I’m in love with literature. If there had been a more creative curriculum when I studied it, I may well have taken it on further at University. However, the subject that captivated me most back in those dark days was Mathematics. Given [...]
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Coalition decision on minimum wage for young people might not be such a bad idea… Businesses are, rather obviously, responsive to the costs of employing labour. This is why wage rates play such a pivotal role in the functioning of an economy. In an attempt to encourage firms to take on more young [...]
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