ISIS and the delegates to COP21 are all purveyors of apocalyptic ideologies
Oliver Tickell, website editor of the British magazine The Ecologist, wondered whether the ISIS attacks in Paris were motivated by a desire to undermine the UN climate summit opening next week, the 21st in the series of Conferences of Parties meetings – COP21 for short. Reducing oil production, one of the goals of COP21, would…
Private scans are now also available to others beside professional athletes, politicians and those who can afford to leave the country
The Government of Saskatchewan recently passed legislation that will allow patients to pay for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans using their own money. This move has, of course, caused many of those who are ideologically opposed to any involvement of the private sector in health care – even if it’s to the advantage of all…
Hopefully a new report from the OECD slows down the mad rush to equip students of all ages with the latest computer gadgets
A recent OECD report dropped a bombshell on those who view technology as the driving force of education reform. The report found that “students who use computers very frequently at school do a lot worse in most learning outcomes, even after accounting for social background and student demographics.” The report was authored by Andreas Schleicher, Organization…
It was Friedman who laid out the monetarist case AGAINST social responsibility for business
We should have seen it coming; in fact, we did see it coming and still ignored the obvious truth. Volkswagen’s infamous “Diesel Dupe” is a self-inflicted (possibly mortal) wound for the iconic German carmaker. At present, VW is recalling 500,000 cars in the U.S. and has set aside 6.5 billion Euros to cover the expected…