Archive for May, 2013
Should the atomic bomb have been dropped on Japan in 1945?
May 8th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
I am currently in the process of watching on Sky Atlantic the series “Oliver Stone’s Untold History Of The United States”. It’s a fascinating, if controversial, project and I have just seen the third of the 10 episodes. This deals with the end of the Second World War in the Pacific and the dropping of […]
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A review of the film “End Of Watch”
May 8th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
This gritty movie of Los Angeles cops in above their heads is reviewed here.
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Many think that Net is regulated and should be more regulated
May 7th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Four in ten (40%) thought the internet was regulated. Almost half (47%) felt that current levels of internet regulation were ‘too little’, (increasing to 54% among parents), 23% said ‘about right’ and 28% said they didn’t know whether it was about right or not. Since 2010 the proportion of respondents who said they ‘did not […]
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What do I think about the Internet?
May 7th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
I gave this interview to Virgin Media.
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The rise and rise of UKIP – and why it won’t last (1)
May 5th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
British readers will be well aware that, in last week’s local elections in England, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) led by Nigel Farage, did spectacularly well, taking 23% of the vote and winning 147 council seats. Non-British readers may find this a very odd development and wonder what is going on. There are some very […]
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The chart that says it all on the MMR jab and the incidence of measles
May 3rd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
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A piece of music that I really love
May 2nd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Enjoy 10 minutes of joy and excitement.
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10 things most Americans don’t know about America
May 1st, 2013 by Roger Darlington
I have only just come across this lengthy but perceptive blog posting by an American who sets out a lot of truths that will be uncomfortable to many Americans. The author of the piece, Mark Manson, is clearly an atypical American. We know this because he writes that he has visited over 40 countries – […]
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