To adapt that line scientists use about the queerness of the Universe, the mega rich are not only richer than we imagine, but richer than we can imagine. (View Post)

Messier than that, though. Quite a lot of people- let's be honest, quite a lot of us, here- have more cash than we really know what to do with. Savings ratios are going up, probably not in a good way… (View Post)

Hardly. You've visited Seville, I lived there. It was an awful lot more civilised and (let's say it) inclusive as part of al-Andalus than in reconquista Spain. Bottom line- if politics co-opts religi… (View Post)

There are two sorts of conversation- those that aim to share, and those that aim to convince. They are different things. Neither is intrinsically dishonourable, but dressing a persuading conversation… (View Post)

Sorry, I forgot to dumb it down for the Remove. Islam itself doesn't need a harsh critique. Islamist politics, of which there's way too much in the world, definitely does. Catholicist politics, as se… (View Post)