flewthenest,shedecideditwastimetotakethe plunge. AftertakingadegreeatChichesterUniversityin Related Arts,Ginnibegantotravelthe world,eventuallygetting workteaching English inJapanandChile.AnditwasinChileshediscoveredshecould getlast-minutecheap dealson shipsgoingto Antarcticafrom theislandsoff TierradelFuego,t...
The real problem is that we have an underlying rate of inflation--an impetus of wages chasing prices--of maybe 9 percent that is heading towards 10 percent. There also have been tremendous shocks in energy, food and housing prices, making it worse. By the end of the year, we will be ...
“Enfield’s need to save money is undeniable, with the library cuts helping to plug a predicted £10 million hole in the next year’s budget. But the projected annual saving of up to £630,000 is, curiously, less than the £675,000 neighbouring Haringey is predicting to save from...
And what do they know of the role of immigrants in that journey, of what they brought to these shores and contributed to the perduring experiment in representative democracy? And what do they know of the “greatness” that can be imputed to nation-states? Is it simply a matter of ...
For the past five weeks, I’ve written an open letter to the next president (whoever it turns out to be) about the economic realities he or she will face in the Oval Office on the first day. It is a rather daunting set of challenges. I have been trying to provide a realistic assess...
I can’t think of a better time to begin refurbishing Laissez-Faire Books (founded in 1972), because it is the market that laissez-faire celebrates that has made all the literature we love more accessible than ever. Addison Wiggin, president of Agora Financial, and I were discussing the ...
Corrections has a history of publishing grossly exaggerated statements about the effectiveness of its rehabilitation programs in order to persuade whichever Government is in power at the time to continue funding them. For example: “Most of what we are doing to reduce re-offending succeeds.” Dr ...
First came the journal’s statement which included the claim that “Frontiers did not ‘cave in to threats’; in fact, Frontiers received no threats.” I had to read that sentence twice. Surely Frontiers would not issue a statement that is patently and demonstrably false? As it happens, a...
This is the opening of a Bloomberg story titled “Sizzling 115F Heat Is Killing Phones in Italy’s Sardinia Island.”:“Mobile phones that die while shooting a video. Cars that roast on the inside. A thermometer needle that literally goes off the chart as temperatures exceed the maximum it...
Various metrics have been used to define first world nations, includinggross domestic product (GDP),gross national product (GNP), mortality rates, and literacy rates. TheHuman Development Indexis also an indicator of which countries might be categorized as having first world status. Economically spea...