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"Comment is free" Some of the articles I have commented on (as "rogerhicks"), mainly on the Guardian's website |
| For the year 08 | |
| Link | My profile and most recent contributions to Cif on the Cif website |
| 12 June | Climate chaos is inevitable, according to Mark Lynas |
| 5 June | In response to Lola Adesioye's piece on Barack Obama's race being an issue |
| 4 June | How the struggle for POWER is disguised as SERVICE to society |
| 4 June | It's the economists, stupid, by Tony Juniper of Friends of the Earth |
| 1 June | In response to what Will Hutton told the Pope about shaping the "new capitalism" |
| 1 June | According to Observer leader, "the environment must stay at the heart of policy" |
| 31 May |
According to Stewart Wallis, "Only something in the manner of Copernican revolution in our thinking can alter our current, disastrous course." |
| 31 May | In response to Martin Kettle's analogy of the "false rhinoseros" |
| 28 May | Colin Pillinger thinks Britain should be leading the search for life on Mars |
| 26 May | The readers' editor on ... scratching the record and digital footprints |
| 22 May | "Persian pipelines", another installment in Homo stupidus economicus's tragic tale |
| 21 May | In response to Andrew Brown's response to Robert Skidelsky's "The apocalyptic mind" |
| 21 May | Terry Eagleton on "the age-old conflict between civilisation and barbarism" |
| 20 May | In response to Robert Skidelsky on "The apocalyptic mind" |
| 20 May | In response to Michele Hanson on sex and royal weddings |
| 19 May | In response to the readers editor, Siobhain Butterworth, on dealing with online publications |
| 18 May | England, a politically correct tyranny where people who are NOT bigots are accused by PC types of being bigots in order to silence them . . |
| 16 May | In response to piece by Benny Morris on the Israeli state's 60th anniversary |
| 14 May | Knife and gun culture, a particularly Afro-Caribbean response to the madness of what is an essentially European "rat race" ? |
| 13 May | The pseudo-science of economics |
| 12 May | The problem with capitalism |
| 12 May | Society's co-responsibility for criminal behaviour |
| 10 May | Comparing humanity with a culture of microorganisms |
| 10 May | The never-ending (?) cycle of political disillusionment |
| 9 May | The media circus - is just "infotainment" |
| 9 May | Bullied by a bunch of, mainly white, "moral supremacists" who insist that any form of racial prejudice is "racist" |
| 7 May | Trident: What is it for? |
| 6 May | In response to Daniel Cohn-Bendit on 1968 |
| 6 May | Guardian leader wonders what logical case can be made for keeping the monarchy |
| 5 May | Return of the population timebomb |
| 2 May | In response to Ruth Fowler on some of the problems of mixed-race relationships |
| 1 May | The debacle of the Obama candidacy will expose America for the divided country that it is. |
| 29 April | The media and film industries are like pimps who have made whores or clients of us all . . . |
| 29 April | The lure of profit exposes the "cancer" of free-market capitalism |
| 28 April | Helium too is a non-renewable resource which is being squandered |
| 28 April | In response to Gary Younge on Barak Obama's candidacy |
| 28 April | In response to Justin Thacker's criticism of the pleasure principle |
| 26 April | Guardian leader: Rock Against Racism or Rock Against Reason? |
| 25 April | Rowenna Davis laments levels of self-harm, but WHY the "rat race" which causes it in the first place, |
| 24 April | Tahmina Anan has a bad conscience about flying, but don't ask her to give up flying to visit her family |
| 24 April | Barak Obama's potential to expose, unintentionally, the Great American Lie (in response to piece by Timothy Garton Ash) |
| 23 April | In response to , England, A nation for the building, by Mark Perrymann |
| 22 April | In response to George Monbiot's piece on the power play of Rubert Murdoch and the Chinese government |
| 21 April | In response to Telegraph report on Trevor Phillips' warning of an "immigration cold war". |
| 21 April | Sue Blackmore on the Pope and Catholic Church, both of which, I suggest, need to be understood from a Darwinian perspective |
| 20 April | In response to Jeremy Langmead's lament about the burden he is likely to be to his own children |
| 19 April | In response to Simon Heffer's piece in the Telegraph on Enoch Powell (assuming it's published - which it wasn't!) |
| 17 April | In response to Andreas Kluth's piece on predicting the future (just my own posts, with improved formating) |
| 16 April | In response to Alex Singleton piece in defence of free-market capitalism |
| 16 April | The cost of "green tinkering" is in famine and starvation, says Simon Jenkins |
| 15 April | In response to Mark Braund's assertion that "progressives" have answers to the current economic crisis |
| 14 April | Does the idea of human rights help or hinder the environmental movement, asks Conor Gearty |
| 11 April | A general response to the countless articles on the American primary elections |
| 10 April | Alex Singleton's argument for an amnesty for illegal immigrants |
| 10 April |
In response to a piece by Prof. Ulrich Beck (just my own posts, plus final one missing from thread)
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| 9 April | Competition in India is the natural state of being . . . like a crazy Darwinian selection process every day, writes Neil Biswas |
| 7 April | Madeleine Bunting on the approaching 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech |
| 6 April | In response to Observer leader: "A healthy economy is impossible with closed borders" |
| 5 April | In response to Philippe Legrain's argument for mass immigration |
| 5 April | In response to Guardian leader on the attraction and marketing ploy of a "free lunch" |
| 2 April | The importance of "boundaries", not just for children |
| 2 April | In defence of prejudice |
| 1 April | In response to report of no evidence that net immigration can generate significant economic benefits |
| 31 March |
Gary Younge on how the US remains segregated in practice and attitudes |
| 30 March |
The government's campaign to promote 'Britishness' is an exercise in top-down futility, says Paul Kingsnorth |
| 30 March | My take on Prof. John Gray's piece on the "Great Game" of geopolitical rivalry |
| 27 March | In response to an open letter to Barack Obama on the need to tackle the enduring problems of racism and discrimination |
| 27 March | Jack Straw, justice secretary and Lord Chancellor, refers to "communities" which state and capital have destroyed |
| 26 March | Understanding the Catholic Church from a Darwinian (human-evolutionary) perspective |
| 25 March | Like America, China is building a multi-ethnic empire, writes Parag Khanna, and I am inclined to agree |
| 23 March | In response to Theo Hobson's piece, "Why I am a Christian" |
| 23 March | In response to the Archbishop's Easter message |
| 23 March | Observer leader: "Obama's speech on race rings true for Britain, too" |
| 22 March |
Tibetans are not the only ones being oppressed and destroyed by the "utopia of modernity". |
| 20 March | Something is rotten in the state of (not just) British Journalism |
| 18 March | Americans are not a "people" or a "nation", but a STATE, the primary purpose of which is to EXPLOIT |
| 17 March | In response to Gary Younge's criticism of identity politics |
| 16 March | Marx and Hitler were both wide of the mark with their Darwinian "class" and "race struggles", but not totally wrong. |
| 15 March | Social cohesion and group (national?) identity are going to become increasingly - ultimately, vitally - important. |
| 14 March | Margaret Hodge MP on her Barking constituency |
| 13 March | From ending "white minority rule" in SA to ending "white majority rule" everywhere . . . |
| 13 March | Identity politics are rife in elections, by Sunny Hundal |
| 13 March | British identiy is now defined by civic rather than ethnic belonging, says Timothy Garton Ash |
| 12 March | But is Britishness broken? by Michael White |
| 11 March | For Queen and country, by Roger Browning |
| 11 March | Putting European competitiveness ahead of social goals |
| 8 March | A large section of the population is bewildered by the pace of change, say's Richard Klein |
| 7 March | A female leading the world's most powerful democracy is intoxicating for many women, thinks Libby Brooks |
| 3 March | Disaster relief should be for the military |
| 2 March | How Britain turned its back on the white working class, by Andrew Anthony |
| 1 March | Modernisation a la carte? by Joschka Fischer |
| 29 Feb | Polly Toynbee criticises tax avoidance, and I criticise her avoidance of social reality . . . . |
| 28 Feb | Sunder Katwala criticises Trevor Phillips response to success of Barack Obama |
| 27 Feb | The civilised world is progressing toward solutions to global warming, claims David Sassoon . . . If only . . ! |
| 27 Feb | Our society has no tier between individuals and the central state, by Simon Jenkins |
| 25 Feb | Economic inequality, not race, causes cultural division, by Jonathan Rutherford |
| 24 Feb | The baby-boomers finally see sense on immigration, by David Goodhart |
| 21 Feb | Another attempt to explain the MADNESS of mass immigration and multi-racial/multicultural society |
| 20 Feb | Delia Smith's mistake in giving economics (the household of man) priority over ecology (the household of our planet). |
| 20 Feb | The objectivity myth (amongst the media) by Jeff Javis |
| 19 Feb | Designing evolution, by James Randerson |
| 19 Feb | Diversity, not adversity, by Khaled Diab |
| 16 Feb | HOW and WHY were mass immigration and mulit-racial/multicultural society imposed on Britain? |
| 15 Feb | In response to piece by Simon Jenkins, elaborating on my Darwinian view of society |
| 14 Feb | How racist is Britain, asks James Sturcke? |
| 14 Feb | Geoffrey Robertson thinks that Britain too should say sorry to Australian Aborigines |
| 13 Feb | What is the "power of money" other than the POWER of the most versatile form of POWER? |
| 12 Feb | Adam Rutherford, Blogging Darwin 2 . . . |
| 11 Feb | How criminals and non-criminals alike are simply exploiting their environment |
| 11 Feb | History starts and ends local |
| 11 Feb | Why are our most eminent biologists not pointing out the Darwinian basis of capitalism? |
| 10 Feb | Adam Rutherford, Blogging Darwin 1 . . . |
| 9 Feb | In response to Guardian Leader on reaction to Rowan Williams speach on Sharia law |
| 8 Feb | Thinking about 'the unthinkable' by Alan Johnson: academics' vain attempts to combat global poverty |
| 7 Feb | Guardian Leader: selection of presidential candidates "hugely beneficial for America, and for rest of the world". Really? |
| 7 Feb | Germany's search for home truths continues, 75 years on by Jonathan Steele |
| 6 Feb | With everyone out to exploit the system, should council housing be linked to employment? |
| 6 Feb | The denied importance of ethnicity in American and British politics |
| 6 Feb | In response to Geoffrey Wheatcroft's "Lament for the [nuclear] disarmer" |
| 5 Feb | In response to the defence secretary's presentation of Britain's stance on nuclear proliferation |
| 4 Feb | Our media have become mass producers of distortion, by Nick Davies: symptoms of a terminally sick civilization |
| 3 Feb | In response to a question in the Sunday Telegraph: What must the Tory's do to win my vote? |
| 2 Feb | In response to a question in the Daily Telegraph: Who benefits from the UK's benefits system? |
| 2 Feb | Welfare is a mess, says David Freud in the Telegraph, and I try to explain why . . . (on my website) |
| 1 Feb |
Open thread: Should schools be teaching children to love Britain? |
| 1 Feb | Phil Hall writes that the "state" is the only really effective power against climate change, but I disagree . . . |
| 1 Feb | In response to a piece by Alexander Chancellor: on inherited wealth and "money trees" |
| 31 Jan | WHY such persistent folly, and not just from our own government . . . . ? |
| 30 Jan | An article by Peter Herbert illustrates the madness of creating a multi-ethnic society |
| 30 Jan | Tim Watkin on the impact of the Internet on print media, and me on the impact of adertising on both |
| 30 Jan | The importance (or not) of medieval Islamic science (just my own posts, plus final one missing from thread) |
| 29 Jan | George Monbiot on the lesser threat of population growth |
| 28 Jan | In response to a piece by Andrew Brown on the breakdown of civility |
| 28 Jan | In response to a piece by James Ball is support of electorial reform |
| 28 Jan | Airport expansion: Why is the picture "blurred"? |
| 26 Jan | Remembering the Holocaust, by Stephen Smith |
| 25 Jan | In praise of ... the Eyak language: "Languages, like peoples, are in a constant battle for survival." |
| 22 Jan | To B(BC) or not to B(BC), that is the question . . . . ? In response to an article by Polly Toynbee |
| 20 Jan | Only science can save us from climate catastrophe, by John Gray |
| 20 Jan | Mum's the word for racist, by Victoria Coren |
| 19 Jan | Iris scans, liars and exploiting the socioeconomic environment |
| 17 Jan | Do you trust the BBC, askes Sunny Hundal |
| 17 Jan | In response to a suggestion, by Timothy Garton Ash, for an international anthem |
| 16 Jan | Given America's well-known race problems, what induced Britain to become a multi-racial country too? |
| 16 Jan | The social solidarity on which Britain's welfare state was based no longer exists |
| 15 Jan | Nation-state politics can only fail the problems of the modern world, by Ulrich Beck |
| 14 Jan | Paul Harris laments the political racial divide in South Carolina |
| 13 Jan | Blame the greens when the lights go off, by Nick Cohen |
| 13 Jan | Intensive farming saves lives, by Jay Rayner |
| 12 Jan | The term "progressive(s)" just means "us" or "our" in the "them and us" dichotomy so deeply ingrained in human "prime ape" behaviour |
| 12 Jan |
Why do we always speak of "man", when what we are usually referring to is Europeans? |
| 12 Jan | A "racist" response to the Guardian's (in) Praise of... Tenzing Norgay |
| 11 Jan | Tony Blair's new million dollar part-time job with JP Morgan, by Geoffrey Wheatcroft |
| 10 Jan | My main objection to nuclear power. In response to piece by Tony Juniper |
| 10 Jan | Gordon Brown: the rise of the clan chief, by Tim Luckhurst |
| 10 Jan | A "Triple Alliance" between capital, the state, and the political left is driving the MADNESS of mass immigration (on my webpage) |
| 9 Jan | Prof. Prem Sikka's reporting of accounting practices supports a Darwinian view of society |
| 9 Jan | Untrue or just inconvenient - we are in danger of concentrating too much on climate change |
| 9 Jan | In response to the American election circus |
| 8 Jan | In response to Mike Marqusee, who would have us believe he doesn't have a bone of racial prejudice in his body |
| 8 Jan | Exorbitant CEO pay a logical conseqence of Darwinian socio-economics |
| 7 Jan | A 'frenemy': someone who is both friend and enemy . . . . |
| 7 Jan | Which would you rather subsidise, nuclear or renewable? by Jeremy Leggett |
| 7 Jan | "Racism" on the cricket field - just part of the struggle for the "moral high ground" |
| 7 Jan | Helen Joyce is irritated by the mediocre who identify with more capable members of their gender or ethnic group |
| 7 Jan | Having kids really does make you think more about the world's future, by Leo Hickman |
| 5 Jan | Racial emancipation and sexual liberation have become mainstream. . . . . And how they have been PERVERTED and EXPLOITED! |
| 4 Jan | We, natives, need mass immigration like we need a hole in the head . . . ! |
| 3 Jan | Selfish capitalism is bad for our mental health by Oliver James |
| 2 Jan | Stagflation cometh by Joseph Stiglitz |
| 2 Jan | The disconnect between awareness of climate change and the lifestyle changes necessary to combat it, by Anthony Giddens |
| 2 Jan | The ideological divide, by Prof. A C Grayling |
| 2 Jan | Fight poverty, not the poor, writes Peter Hain, secretary of state for work and pensions |
| 1 Jan | George Monbiot on the need for constitutional reform |
| Links for the year 07 | |