Abortion and hypocrisy

In conversation with a pregnant friend who was talking about the disapproving looks she gets when she has a cup of coffee, it did strike me that there is an extraordinary hypocrisy in our society.
When a woman who is pregnant decides to kill her baby, that is held to be her choice. It is [...]

Youth of today

This survey of nearly 30,000 American teenagers makes for grim reading. Here are some of the lowlights:

30% admitted having shoplifted within the last year
42% sometimes lie in order to save money
64% cheated on a test within the last year
36% plagiarised internet sources for their homework

But wait, there’s more!
26% admitted that they had lied on [...]

The state we’re in

I’ve just watched an item on The One Show about teenage pregnancy. A number of things struck me:

Apparently one of the things that gives the government concern with respect to teenage pregnancy is that children of teenage parents are more likely to live in poverty than children of slightly older parents.  Aside from [...]

Who gets to choose?

Not me, obviously, because I’m not American. But I do think that there is an interesting dilemma posed for some by Sarah Palin’s nomination as Republican vice-presidential candidate.
If you think Sarah Palin is a candidate who best represents your views and would do a good job, it is possible you may also think that [...]

Unbecoming Jane

I originally had low expectations of Becoming Jane, the film purporting to be an account of the early part of Jane Austen’s career as an author. Then a couple of good reviews and a fun-looking trailer lured me in. Hmm. I think if I’d gone with my original mindset, I might not [...]