Archive for April 2011
Distracted driving: another attempt to use kids to police adults
Jane Brody in the New York Times writes about “distracted driving” – that is, undertaking activities in the car such as re-programming your GPS, searching for a particular CD, putting on make-up or shaving, and so on. The article mentioned a new campaign set up by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association called […]
US budget showdown: the politics of pantomime
For all the attempts to talk up the budget clash as a great historical drama, in truth it revealed the pathetic state of American politics. Read my spiked article in full here.
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