As some of you have been interested in the animal welfare debate, I'll just mention that I've got a letter in the Times on it today (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/times-letters-encoura… (View Post)

Wouldn't a reasonable right-wing libertarian position be that vaccination is made available to children but there is no pressure on them or their parents to accept it? Cases where worried 17-yea… (View Post)

Thanks to Pulpstar for the balanced and persuasive header. (View Post)

Interesting discussion. As a student at uni I was annoyed by the emphasis on lecturers doing research (most of which was ending up in a publication in some journal or other with no follow-up), with t… (View Post)

We've been here before. When the Soviets pulled out, people thought the Afghan regime would collapse, but they held out for over a year despite the US pouring money into the insurgency. Essentia… (View Post)