Watch the web for climate change truths

So a German study, published by Nature last week, claimed that, while the world is definitely warming, it may cool down until 2015 "while natural variations in climate cancel out the increases caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions". A little vignette of the media's one-sided view was given by recent events on Snowdon, the highest mountain in southern Britain. Each…

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Beware the galloping imperialist judiciary

DO not mistake the unseasonal rush of warmth over the weekend with global warming. Put it down to those advocating a charter of rights for Australia at the 2020 Summit in the nation’s capital. Their aim is to bathe us in the warm language of human rights so that, ultimately, we will soporifically sign up to a new federal charter…

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Do not panic over foreign wealth

It sounds like something from a political thriller by Michael Crichton. Arab sheikhs and Chinese communists amass billions of dollars. They wait for a moment of financial weakness in the US. Then they use their massive “sovereign wealth funds” to buy large stakes in strategic US firms. They secure places on the board. Then, at a crucial moment, they...

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Backfire of the vanities

SEX and the City's Carrie Bradshaw and friend Miranda apprehensively venture out from Manhattan into the 'burbs for a baby shower. Roxanne, one of the Laura Ashley-clad mums, engages them in brief but intense conversation. "I love my son, Andy," she says. "He's 11 months old. He is a god and I tell him so every day." As Roxanne leaves,…

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