If I had a category on my blog called “cautionary tales for bachelors”, this would be the headliner story. It informs the wisdom of an increasingly common practise, whereby when you meet some reasonably attractive yet complex member of the opposite sex,...
None of us really knows how our cars work, which means that every trip to the auto mechanic is an act of faith. Even when we’re suspicious of the repairs or dubious diagnosis provided by the corner mechanic we often roll over anyway, throw open our wallets, and...
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1022027,00.html Arrogance of empire Paul Foot Wednesday August 20, 2003 The Guardian In hospital last month for a (literally) nerve-wracking operation on my back, I was lucky enough to have with me an advance copy of...
The outbreak of SARS may owe more credit for its success in propagating to politicians than to its stoic survivability and evolutionary means of transmission. We’ve known about diseases like SARS for a long time. In fact, over the past 40 years, deadly flu-like...
