Our health as individuals is linked to the health of society. Free societies have always enjoyed better health. But we can take this for granted. Long before Hunger Games spawned a new interest in dystopia, there was George Orwell’s 1949 book “1984”. In this, the...
Australian state governments are examining medical use of marijuana. There are good reasons to do so. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdMGvuW-TOk&index=8&list=UU_a-tB5cm3Z7WrRSNtYB6jA[/youtube] Dr JoeMedical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter...
There was a meme on facebook that caught my eye. It described growing your own food as being an act of civil disobedience. This seems odd as there is no law against doing it and most of us who grow herbs or lemons would hardly regard it as some sort of statement. I do...
Two events this week remind me that we cannot believe everything we see or hear. And perhaps more pointedly how much of a news story might we not hear. In turn the omission of information can colour our impression without anything “false” being said. Regular readers...
With all the hype and paranoia about parenting and the dangers faced by children, it is really good when some facts emerge. Figures published in The Economist reveal that children in the 1950’s were five times more likely to die before age five than today. Yet as it...
I read an interesting article by writer Brendan O’Neill about trust. Essentially he made the point that in the UK, officialdom had fostered a climate of mistrust. “The institutions and organisations which crow most loudly about a crisis of trust are the same...
