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Having always had a major interest in writing and music,I am lucky enough these days to have an outlet for both. On the music front I play in a couple of bands, these days mainly at a local level. My writing seem to sprawl across a wide range of genres and

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Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Assessing our responsibility to preserve the environment: 6 of 31
There is a lot of discussion these days about global warming and some sort of vague assumption that all environmental problems can be labelled under this one heading. There is also a strange belief that if we can prove that man is not responsible for the causes of global warming, it will somehow go away. Even if Global Warmi... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Debating whether global warming is a threat or just media hype: 57 of 164
Global Warming seems top be the "hot" topic of the moment, if you will pardon the pun. Governments will tell you that it is the activities of our species, our industrialisation and our out of control production of waste that is to blame. But when someone as respected as David Bellamy is prepared to put his reputation on the ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Why America is such a target for terrorism: 26 of 44
Firstly in is necessary to say that, despite the view the media and the western governments take, terrorism is not the soul prerogative of the Arab world, it may be in their current interests to back that view but anyone with an attention span longer that your average goldfish must be fully aware of this fact. There are terr... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International News Can terrorism be considered as an act of God?: 9 of 15
Although terrorism is often perpetrated in the name of religion, to consider it to be an act of God would be wrong. Terrorism by its very nature is an act of man and even if they think that they are acting on behalf of a higher power they would be considered by most devout people of what ever religion to be acting against wh... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Sex differences in voter turnout: 3 of 5
Going back to Victorian times, it is ironic that those members of the fair sex who were fighting so hard to get a vote didn't have any notion about what women would do with that vote, once they achieved what seemed an impossible task. Tying themselves to railings in order to get their plea to be able to vote recognized by th... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Diebold: How deep does the voting machine scandal go?: 3 of 5
It's a huge scandal though is it a conspiracy theory or truth ?. Electronic voting has been questionable for a while now worldwide, because the machines were invented in such a way that there is no back-up, even though the makers claimed that the vote was recorded in different places within the voting station. With many elec... More..
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry What is your favorite conspiracy theory?: 38 of 61
As society becomes unstable, religious intolerance rises; political machinations spill over into open war and disharmony in the community raises, we here more and more about conspiracy theories. Everyone has their pet theories, did astronauts really walk on the moon, was Diana's car crash and accident, who actually shot J.R.... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) What is the difference between the United Kingdom, Britain and England?: 14 of 18
One of the things that never cease to amaze me is the confusion people have regarding the countries that make up the British Isles. I have read strange things recently like a review of the film Braveheart where the "British" are fighting the "Scots" or modern reports of the "English" army in Iraq and recently an article abou... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Book reviews: A Fury for God: The Islamist Attacks on America, by Malise Ruthven: 2 of 2
If anyone was going to write a book exploring the development of the Islamic worlds volatile relationship with the West, then Malise Ruthven, author of numerous books on fundamentalism and religion in general and the Arab peoples and Islam in particular, was a good candidate. It is a book that was written in the "heat of the... More..