A rising star extinguished
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Malthus meant us
I remember the prediction of Thomas Malthus, the highly influential English economic and political thinker, that the food in the world would never...
What’s in a name?
Quite a lot exists within a name. Only when one gets down to the task of examining the issue does one realise the...
Peace contributions that Putin has made
The question implied in the title is one of the simplest measurements on record. The answer is nil. Driven by an obsessive need...
Good to go: AI benefits
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Never a cross word
The reader is asked to forgive the writer’s carelessness in the title. What he meant was that there was never a crossword. Or...
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