There has been, of late, a veritable barrage of negative press about the parlous state of western education. At first, I thought this was a uniquely British disease, but I have also found evidence for it in the US papers. I am advised that it is equally...

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. It’s appropriate to start this post with the above quotation...