Entries from December 2008

December 28, 2008

Crime and punishment in this liberal la-la land

Teenager Mark Knight was found guilty of stealing £25,000 worth of lead from the roof of Rochester Cathedral, [...]

December 26, 2008

Criminals and fatties: come and join the British Army

We usually have to catch up with the Americans on the latest craze and so it is again this time, as the Army [...]

December 25, 2008

So this is Christmas

As a Christian, I try and honour Christ all year round. I fail more than I ought to, as I am a frail and fallen [...]

December 23, 2008

Blix may testify against Iraq war makers

Don’t sleep so easily, war criminals of New Labour:
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
Press TV, Iran
A former UN chief weapons inspector says he is ready [...]

December 21, 2008

“Gay rights” causing division again in the fight for tolerance!

It seems that after a couple of desperate decades of training the proles to be tolerant, there is very little [...]

December 19, 2008

Labour’s Families in Britain paper admits married parents are best for children

Steve Doughty
Daily Mail
19th December 2008
(My emphasis in bold; my comments in italics):
Labour has finally admitted that married parents are [...]

December 17, 2008

An eminently sensible politician (sadly he’s in the Lords, in opposition)

I spotted this speech made last week by Lord Waddington which he gave on the fourth day of the debate on the [...]

December 17, 2008

The politics of sex: Labour miss their “targets” as teenage pregnancies rise

The news is out – the rate of teenage pregnancies rose [...]

December 16, 2008

Romantic comedies ruin love lives, warns scientist

Christian Institute
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Hollywood romantic comedies give “unrealistic expectations” [...]

December 15, 2008

Alternative Currencies Grow in Popularity

Judith D. Schwartz
TIME
Dec. 14, 2008
Most of us take for granted that those rectangular green slips of paper we keep in our wallets are inviolable: [...]