Consumer affairs – Giving disaster a postive spin …

I never cease to be amazed at the power of marketing, To illustrate, let me tell you one true story, and I’ll not name any names, but if you live in the UK (as I do) then you will recognize the organization in question. This relates to a mobile telecommunications company, so I better give … Read more

Scale of Walsh cover-up by church breathtaking

The infamous Chapter 19 of the Murphy report is out … and so I blogged about it yesterday here, but why return to it once again? Well because there is a well-written article in todays Irish Times, that warrants a mention. Here is a selection of sound-bites followed by a link to the full article … Read more

Vatican tried to protect paedophile priest

Its a story of a cover up and corruption, to illustrate here are some key extracts from the story published in yesterdays UK Guardian … The Vatican tried to stop Irish church leaders from defrocking a paedophile priest whose abusive behaviour was known about from the early 1970s, a previously censored chapter from a report … Read more

No retirement for 95 year old inventor of Laser – “Science is so much fun…”

50 Years ago, Charles Townes headed the team that invented the Laser at Bell Labs … he was 45 years old and having a blast cooking up all this really cool stuff … so where is he now 50 years later? … would you believe he is still doing the same at the age of … Read more

Jonathan Amos, a BBC Science correspondent, has published on their news website a fascinating insight into the latest Voyager milestone (side thought: given the distance Voyager has travelled, is it really valid to use the term Milestone for Voyager?). Anyway, here is a quick extract. If you catches your attention, then click the link to … Read more

WikiLeaks: the emperor wears no clothes – Pledge to Fight for freedom

John Pilger, the famous war correspondent, film-maker and author, who has also twice won British journalism’s highest award, that of Journalist of the Year, has published a pledge in today’s UK Guardian. He starts off with … Since Sunday, 28 November, WikiLeaks and five major newspapers from around the world (the Guardian, the New York … Read more