The marvellous David Olusoga is going to interview Obama on Wednesday. I have a burning question that I’d like him to ask. Continue reading →

One day, the tyranny of the motor car over our towns and cities will come to an end.  Continue reading →

What’s the right analogy for understanding Brexit? Continue reading →

The hardest thing to bear in all of this is that no one is allowed to tell the truth: not May, not Corbyn, not the People’s Vote People, not the Daily Mail, not the BBC, not even the Guardian editorial … Continue reading →

It’s over a hundred years since World War One. Everyone involved is dead. Continue reading →

There are three buckets: a libertarian, a progressive and a conservative bucket. Continue reading →

Diversity is good for software companies. It helps us make better products. Continue reading →

Liberal seems to mean so many different things to different people that it doesn’t seem to mean anything at all Continue reading →

Levi Stubb’s Tears is one my favourites and I’ve wanted to learn it since I got my first guitar. Continue reading →

Actually, no it didn’t. The federal government under Obama employs fewer people than at any time in the last fifty years. Does that surprise you? Bonus question: why does the federal government grow so much under Republican presidents?