What Happened After Theory of Evolution Was Published
08 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: evolutionary biology
In Dire Straits – Russia on Austro-Hungary’s Doorstep I THE GREAT WAR Week 24
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
More Nonsense from the OECD’s Poverty Hucksters
07 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
I created the Eighth Theorem of Government to illustrate the difference between well-meaning people (who want to help the poor)
and zero-sum people (who seem to think some people are poor because other people are rich).
This raises the interesting question of whether folks in the latter group are misguided or malicious?
For what it’s worth, I assume most people who fixate on inequality simply don’t understand the issue.
I like to think that they would change their minds if – for instance – they were shown Scott Winship’s devastating, slam-dunk response to Gabriel Zucman.
But there are others (like Zucman) who almost certainly know better, yet they push the inequality narrative for political or ideological reasons.
The bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development definitely also belong in the malicious category.
I first exposed the OECD’s disingenuous approach back in 2012, noting that the Paris-based bureaucrats used…
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Challenge to “Gay Marriage Cake” decision dismissed
07 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
Some years ago now the UK Supreme Court ruled that a Christian bakery company had not been guilty of sexual orientation discrimination when it declined to produce a cake for an activist designed to convey a political slogan in favour of same-sex marriage- see Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 49 (10 Oct 2018) and my comment at the time. Now, after a long delay, an challenge to that decision by the customer, Mr Lee, has been finally dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights: see here where a copy of the judgment in Lee v United Kingdom (ECHR 4th section, Application no. 18860/19, 6 Jan 2022) can be downloaded. (A short summary is available on this page.)
(A preliminary comment on the nature of this challenge should be made. The details are spelled out clearly in an excellent comment on the decision by Prof Mark…
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A Game of Thrones: The 5 Claimants to the English Throne in 1066
07 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
Yesterday I wrote of the death of Edward the Confessor, King of the English. His death sparked a battle for the English throne.
Prior to the death Edward the Confessor, King of the English on January 5, 1066, he named as his successor Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex. That is the general consensus from historians based on contemporary historical sources.
Earl Godwinson’s claim to the English Throne did raise some issues because there were five other men who believed they held the lawful right to the throne.
Today I will examine who these men were that believed that their claim to the English Throne was the superior and rightful claim.
1. Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 — October 14, 1066)
Harold Godwinson was a member of Godwin family founded by Wulfnoth Cild (died c. 1014) who was a South Saxon thane who is regarded by historians as the probable father of…
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The Rise and Fall of the TV Dinner – Cheddar Explains
07 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
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