The balance between transparency and the importance of a national institution got out of step – but it is in Scotland’s interests that the mess is fixed
Three different sources, three different questions posed about whether corporate control of the Scottish economy is of any benefit to the Scots
In one day’s media we find issues where we need to put the church in its place, and others where we need to stand up in defence of believers
The man may be a buffoon, but at least one part of his letter raises a question sorely lacking from domestic debate
More than 100 years on from his seminal book, we still haven’t learned Durkheim’s lessons about suicide
The left shouldn’t ignore the importance of sport – and Scotland doesn’t need to accept losing its talentRead More »From Greenock to the Super Bowl along the road to prosperity and social mobility
Once again the Catholic Church has converted an important question about the nature of religion in education into an inverted witch-hunt
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The Tory Government’s plan for a competition to identify innovation is an X-Factor answer to a Nobel question
Read More »Where Dragons’ Den should stop and some proper work begin
Salmond’s views on rugby opens up a difficult question for balanced discussion of Scotland’s future
In today’s Scotsman academic Arthur Midwinter claims that the Scottish Government is not being honest about statistics. This would not make them an isolate case…
Read More »Entirely neutral government statistics? Really? Where?