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Lambeth Talk
The Church of England has been a constant feature of newspaper headlines this summer. Just in case the public was losing interest in the issues of women bishops, homosexuality and the GAFCON, in Friday's Times Henry Luke Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda raises the question of disestablishment....
Tim Adams Posted: 5 August 2008 No comments
IMF loans 'lead to TB deaths'
"IMF economic programs are associated with significantly worsened tuberculosis control in post-communist Central and Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries, independent of other political, health, and economic changes in these countries ... These results challenge the proposition that the...
John Hayward Posted: 23 July 2008 No comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs, Health,
Equal Rights, Equal Roles?
The chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, wants to launch a "new assault" on inequality. Last week the commission claimed that the extension of maternity leave and the right to flexible working may have “entrenched the stereotype” of women as the primary care-givers.It...
John Hayward Posted: 22 July 2008 2 comments
Keywords: Worldviews & Culture,
Relational Crime
"Even in the late 1980s, heyday of the Inner West drug gangs, most within- and between-gang disputes, as also reported about gangs elsewhere, emanated from interpersonal disputes regarding friends, family and romantic relationships."Tomorrow the Government is to unveil its £100m youth crime action plan,...
John Hayward Posted: 14 July 2008 No comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice,
Can't Buy Me Love?
"I don't want your money, honey, I want your love!"The night before I took my maths A level, I went to see Transvision Vamp in concert. I was reminded of the above song of theirs when I read the following in today's Times:Wall Street wives dump hard-up husbandsRich divorce rate jumps as credit crunch...
John Hayward Posted: 11 July 2008 No comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Lifestyle Issues,
Prison Drug Abuse
Last week the BBC treated us to their five-part drama "Criminal Justice", depicting our legal system as more concerned about personal and political victories than truth, and our prison system as one where criminals are in control, drugs flow freely, and violence is unrestrained. Monday Channel 5 screened...
John Hayward Posted: 9 July 2008 3 comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice,
On 60 Years of Nationalised Healthcare
Over the past week, much has been said to mark Saturday's 60th anniversary of the NHS. Like many in Britain, I have been brought up to believe that free health care for all must be a good thing - a view that has only been strengthened as a result of my experiences of healthcare in countries such as America,...
John Hayward Posted: 7 July 2008 No comments
Keywords: Health,
The Irish No Vote - a lesson from St Patrick?
The Irish have history when it comes to lessons about the Trinity. St Patrick, it is said, used the shamrock to explain the triune God. The recent rejection of the Lisbon treaty by the Irish provides a more political illustration.In the 4th and 5th centuries Augustine and the Cappadocian fathers used...
John Ashcroft Posted: 4 July 2008 2 comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
Ethical Consumerism
From the number of people I saw hauling huge Primark bags filled with clothes along Oxford Street today, their business does not appear to have been too seriously dented by last night's BBC Panorama programme exposing use of child labour by some of its suppliers in India.To be honest, when the story...
John Hayward Posted: 24 June 2008 2 comments
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues,
Abortion Addicts
Today's annual abortion statistics for England and Wales from the Department of Health make for dismal reading:The total number of abortions in 2007 rose by 2.5% to an all time high of 198,499, 35% of which were carried out using the "abortion pill".Abortions among girls aged under 16 rose by 10%.In...
John Hayward Posted: 19 June 2008 2 comments
Keywords: Health, Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families,