May 14, 2006

Tom Wolfe Pimps his Car

The man who wrote I am Charlotte Simmons, customizes his all-white Caddy. ..more

The Perfect Mark

How a Massachusetts psychotherapist fell for a Nigerian e-mail scam. ..more

We don't need doctors to speed us to our graves

On Friday, the private member's Bill to legalise euthanasia has its second reading in the House of Lords. Right now thousands of people in the advanced stages of terminal illness, enduring agony of body and mind, are waiting hungrily for death. ..more

May 9, 2006

Nutters hurl insults as I exercise my right to offend
CARTOONING is not for the faint-hearted. The caper is fraught with danger and, believe me, the more effectively you express your views, the more virulently those who oppose them will respond. If only they'd respond with cartoons of their own. ..more

From stiff upper lip to clenched jaws
Theodore Dalrymple tells what he really thinks about Human Rights. Maybe he has no more dinner invitations in London. ..more

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Civil war: the only way to bring peace to Iraq by Edward Luttwak "Civil wars can be especially atrocious as neighbours kill each other at close range, but they have a purpose - they can bring lasting peace by destroying the will to fight, and by removing the motives and opportunities for further violence." ..more