Saturday 14th May saw several hundred demonstrators gather on Old Palace Yard, opposite the House of Commons, to protest against the burgeoning National Debt… a debt that will hang heavy on the generations of taxpayers to come.  Organised by the Taxpayers’ Alliance, fellow-travellers and supporters, the event included speeches by...

Excited that a second paper proposal has been accepted for a major academic conference; this time my paper proposal (below) was for the Contemporary Aristotelian Studies Conference, June 3rd 2011, at London Metropolitan University.  My paper is entitled: “Lon L. Fuller’s Procedural Natural Law and Douglas Rasmussen’s & Douglas Den...

I was intrigued by this posting on Freakonomics about a fascinating study by Evan Mills: “Energy Up In Smoke: The Carbon Footprint of Indoor Cannabis Production.” “Energy Up in Smoke” finds that indoor cultivation of marijuana is adding quite markedly to carbon emissions. Whilst the Freakonomics’ posting suggests that medical marijuana...