Labour has been urged to stick to its manifesto pledge and introduce new battery health certificates which could play a significant role in helping more drivers switch to electric vehicles. The call for action comes after a report revealed that two out of three drivers have refused to buy an electric vehicle despite the UK […]

The University of California is the godfather of the use of so-called diversity statements in faculty hiring. I have a piece forthcoming at the Nebraska Law Review arguing that such diversity statement requirements for general faculty hiring at state universities violate the First Amendment and violate academic freedom principles everywhere. It seems quite likely that […]

Building work has started on a “Hidden Marina” forming part of Saudi Arabia‘s £1trillion desert megaproject have been unveiled. Neom’s 350,000 square metre scheme is the first phase of The Line development, a linear smart city in the country’s Tabuk Province. Three interlinked modules made up of 80,000 homes for 200,000 people comprise the “Hidden […]

I thought Christopher Steele’s “dossier” on President Trump was unmitigated baloney from the moment I read it. I must have written more than 100,000 words about it and its celebrants on Power Line. To take just one example, I devoted a long five part series to mocking Jane Mayer’s hagiographic New Yorker profile of Steele […]

ALTERNATIVES to diocesan chrism eucharists are being organised this year in conjunction with the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), as part of a “de facto parallel province” for opponents of the introduction of church blessings for same-sex couples. In an email to supporters, the CEEC’s national director, Canon John Dunnett, wrote: “With their ongoing […]