-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- July 2019
- July 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: France Italy & the rest
Stephen Emmott in Italia: Dieci Miliardi
Googling “stephen emmott” + “ten billion” yields 56,300 results, though no recent articles, as far as I can see, about the book that was published in July in Britain and in early September in the USA by two of the … Continue reading
In Praise of (French) Ecologists
French politics is complicated, and I’d more or less sworn off discussing it, but recent events involving a new Eco-tax make the subject irresistible. The Marxist historian E.P. Thompson once remarked that the British love affair with Europe was largely … Continue reading
Italian Election
You have no doubt heard that the Italian election has left the country, and possibly the European Union, in a state of confusion. The left has won in the Lower House, and the right in the Senate. Hardly anyone is … Continue reading
Posted in France Italy & the rest
23 Comments
Great Works of English Literature (2): “The Hockey Stick Illusion” (or: Bad Smell of the Melodystick Ballgamepole Songline)
I’m a big fan of Chinese rap music, of which more in a moment. But first: I was going to do a review of Andrew Montford’s book, which I read at Christmas. But then I lent it to my daughter’s … Continue reading
Posted in France Italy & the rest, Weirdos
Tagged Andrew Montford, Army Girls, Chinese rap, Hockey Stick illusion, Jay Chou
Leave a comment
An Inconvenient Truth – The Opera
[It’s not just the consensus scientists, the committed environmentalists, the journalists in search of the catastrophic headline, the government in search of tax receipts, and the businessmen hoping to make a quick government-subsidised buck. Global warming hysteria is an ideology … Continue reading
Ehrlich’s Endarkenment, Emmott’s Ten Billion, and the War in Mali
[I can’t get the graph to work. Follow the link for a similar one] Professor Ehrlich and Professor Emmott are quite right. World population is likely to increase from its current 7 billion to about 9.5 billion in 2050 and … Continue reading
Steel, Gas and Watermelons
I don’t buy the Watermelon theory that Greens are just closet Reds, and that environmentalism is some secret plot to impose soviet-style socialism on the world. It’s a Heath Robinson kind of idea, at once oversimplified and too complicated to … Continue reading
Posted in France Italy & the rest, Sociology of Climate Change
Tagged Delingpole, France
13 Comments