On the triumph of intolerance
How not to get involved in a pogrom

Just the power to charm
Modernity and Blairism

Suggestion Box
What should I throw at John Reid today?

Too idle to read the Bible? It’s in a blog

There is a body of opinion – let’s call it the “consensus” – that only Chelsea or Manchester United can win the Premiership in 2007. Within that consensus, of course, there are shades: from “catastrophic” that Man Utd should win, to merely very, very bad that Chelsea do. Surely no good citizen can disagree. Well, they can. Because we have a group loosely called the “Redblue-deniers”. Some think there’s only a chance, a small one not worth worrying too much about, that Chelsea or Man Utd will prevail; and that anyway, the emotional pain of that eventuality could be offset by laying a reverse forecast on the title. Most, though, seem convinced it will be Reading’s year.

Now, let’s take my imaginary great-aunt. She knows nothing at all about football. Read More

Richard Dawkins
Where rudeness meets religion

Relativities: local and global
When income differentials matter, and when they don’t

Economics and Social Policy roundup

Something you can do when you’re dead
Misdiagnosis and the case for compulsory autopsy

Waste Not Want Not
Where’s the beef with the “public sector rich list”?