Bogosity

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Modern World Richer, But Not Happier

Whether in the United States, Britain or Japan, people on average are no happier than they were 50 years, says Layard. And this comes despite the fact that average incomes have more than doubled, holidays are more numerous, workweeks are shorter, and people live longer and have [...]

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. – Thomas Jefferson, third US president, [...]

Maybe it’s ok to play dirty, get a monopoly, make a shitload of money whilst excluding thousands of others from a market. It’s all ok if you give some of the money to welfare.

Gates to support Third World medicine : HindustanTimes.com

Although science constantly expands its knowledge of disease and medicine, such triumphs tend to [...]

July 1 – International White Band Day

July 1 will see people around the world wearing their white bands and wrapping public buildings in white to send a message to the G8 world leaders that they demand action on trade justice, debt cancellation, and more and better aid. International White Band Day will prove to be [...]

God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803 – 1882)

Aust claims win on commercial whaling vote. 22/06/2005. ABC News Online

Federal Opposition spokesman Anthony Albanese says the real outcome of Australia’s efforts will not be known until the vote on scientific whaling.

He says the Federal Government could do more by taking legal action against the main whaling countries.

“We know that they are not killing whales [...]

Those who put out the people’s eyes, reproach them for their blindness. – John Milton, poet (1608 – 1674)