I’ve had the following links floating around my feed-reader for a while now, but I did want to post them here. In Switzerland on November 29 a referendum proposing a ban on the construction of new minarets on mosques was passed. The popular vote outcome was 58% in favour while 42% opposed, with three-quarters of …

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Just to prove that there are no issues so complex that they can’t be reduced to factoids Time Magazine produces 50 ‘Top 10’ lists, covering everything from ‘Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs’ and ‘Top 10 News Stories’ to ‘Top 10 Fleeting Celebrities’ and ‘Top 10 Fashion Faux Pas’. Interesting browsing to see everything reduced to its …

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