Prosperity versus freedom?
How many times have you heard about the dangers of a dictatorship that takes care of people, provides them with a perfect standard of living, but at the same time…
About Birth Rates and the too-simple World
We are concerned about the low birth rate. And we’re also worried about children growing up without fathers. But it often goes against the other. If we keep pushing the…
Prague is not safe either
You may know that there has never been a major jihadist assassination in the Czech Republic. That’s great, but it doesn’t mean that Muslims aren’t waiting for an opportunity. The…
Recipes for Defeat and for Victory
The best recipe for defeat is to accept the game as your opponent plays it and hope to beat him on his field with his weapons. The best recipe for…
On true knowledge
A reader wrote to me about the possibility that some new psychiatric medication is leading to patients committing mass murder. Definitely a hypothesis worth exploring. It would require a statistical…
Enthusiasts and scientists
So they blocked Richard Dawkins’ Facebook account and after a couple of days today and a couple of days ago. It’s not unusual. It’s something that comes standard life in…