Nice to see some cogent criticism of the Chagos deal on here this morning (and thanks Moonrabbit for the header). For me the issue with the deal isn't the negatives (giving away territory etc). It's … (View Post)

There are so many things that anyone with political integrity could be criticising this government for right now (also true of the last few governments). To focus quite astounding quantities of bile … (View Post)

I once camped (illegally, I think) on the Salar de Uyuni on my birthday. I went to bed with a full water bottle by my head - next morning it was frozen solid. Turns out the salt doesn't retain heat p… (View Post)

I'm late to this discussion but feel that, on balance and all things considered, we should probably criminalise kids who don't at any point in their teenage years sit around plotting the overthrow of… (View Post)

Aquinas is an interesting example of the nuances of this debate. That he is one of our foremost philosophers says a lot about how stymied our philosophical tradition was right up until the point at w… (View Post)