Ron Paul argues that the solution to containing diseases like Ebola is to allow foreign countries to grow their economies so that they can afford modern medical facilities.

Where others see conspiracy theories, I see badly thought-out plans. The Law of Unintended Consequences is, after all, a modern restatement of the old proverb, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” This is especially applicable to US Education policy.

James Higham reproduces a graphic from Amfortas re house size in selected countries. I looked up the ratio of arable land per person (average of 2009-11), and then added Amfortas' statistics. Here is the result..

John Ward reports that some South African bank savers are now having their accounts raided to shore up a different bank, African Bank Investments Ltd

The Washington Post lists a host of US companies that have relocated their official headquarters overseas to reduce tax.

Electoral Calculus is currently predicting a 40-seat majority for Labour in the 2015 General Election:

I'm reading Michael Crichton's "Airframe" (1996) and it contains a passage that has resonances far beyond the airline industry.

Too many misconceptions about wind and solar power cause the general public to have more enthusiasm in the energy alternatives than it should. The problem? Storage. One solutions is flow batteries which are being pushed hard as a viable means of storing wind and solar energy.

Odd how many Eurosceptic parties have appeared on the voting paper for the West Midlands. The Harmony Party is 2014-registered. Hmm.

If we are to understand them, we have to look behind the horrible events in Ukraine - for which the West may turn out to be be partly responsible, if Peter Hitchens is right about the CIA's Director being spotted in Kiev a couple of weeks ago.

If it secedes from the UK, Scotland might seize the opportunity to remain outside the EU (rather than suffer the boom and bust of, say, Ireland and Greece) - and maybe should be looking to forge closer cooperation with other "semi-detached" European nations such as Norway and Iceland.

A pictorial guide to the new-style pound coin.

While the focus has most recently been on Crimea, eastern Ukraine is expected to be the next hotspot, with the action centring on Donetsk, the regional capital of the industrial heartlands.

The proposed new-style pound coin is publicised on the day of UK Chancellor George Osborne's Budget speech to Parliament.

Were the protests really started by democrats fed up of a corrupt government? We don't seem to manage that here, so why there? These things need organizing, so who organized it? Any involvement from the West?

"What Did Sochi Get for $51 Billion? Highways, Railroads and a Lot of White Elephants," scoffed Alec Luhn in The Nation last month. Don't forget the new airport, Alec. And the new port.