When Nina Davuluri of New York won Miss America 2013, she said in her first press conference after the victory: I’m so happy this organization has embraced diversity. I’m thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America. However this crowning of the first Miss America […]
In forming our opinions it is essential to have access to accurate information. In many respects the internet has broken down traditional barriers of communication. Valid criticism is levelled that this makes it difficult to authenticate facts. Nevertheless the well-worn methods of research and scholarship need not be compromised. Indeed they can be enhanced as […]
The twenty per cent polled by Marine Le Pen in the recent first round of elections in France has come as a shock to many. She is said to have softened the often blatant racism, xenophobia and even fascism of her father who founded the Front National. Jean-Marie Le Pen and his daughter are said […]
