In relation to my recent post regarding the shifting of the bell curve , it is interesting to note that there has recently been a spate of n...

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness, for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he posses...

One expects any variation in the IQ bell curve to show up most noticeably at the upper and lower ends, where the percentages approach zero a...

State-funded pensions will cost £5 trillion, today's Daily Mail informs us. Laid bare for first time, £180,000 burden facing every Brit...

Extract from an article by the Daily Mail's Alex Brummer: Roughly one-sixth of construction output consists of putting up new homes. In...

This is something I drafted a long time ago but did not send because of lack of staff, money, and everything else that makes life tolerable....

David Cameron has suggested that the NHS and the education system should ‘close the gap’ between rich and poor. Recently a grandfather of ...

I have a book entitled The Great Pensions Swindle * which, 40 years ago, made some useful points about the likely unreliability of state pen...

It is objected that directors and shareholders of water firms continue to receive substantial ‘rewards’ in salaries and dividends, although ...

Mention the world ‘tax’ to most people and their first – and often only – reaction is to ask for ways they can cut their tax bill. But once ...