Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Another example of HMG refusing to follow the evidence

Prof David Colquhoun's written memo to the Science and Technology committee. HMG ignored evidence & let the NHS go for the snake oil. Read more →

Creationists and Plate Tectonics

This morning "In our Time" Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed the geological formation of Britain. You can download the podcast from this link. They inevitably touched on plate tectonics As I was listening to it, I wondered just what... Read more →

'bout time you went Brucey boy.

This outburst from Bruce Forsyth shows just why this old duffer is well past his sell-by date. He introduces Strictly Come Dancing-SCD. For those unfamiliar with SCD, celebrities hitch themselves to a professional dancing partner and compete against similar couples.... Read more →

Quackery- Dara Ó Briain says it all

Ben Goldacre,Jeni Barnett, MMR and LBC's Heavy Legal Hand..!

Today, the Health Protection Agency announced a staggering 36% annual increase in the confirmed cases of measles. Since 1998, when the original, and now entirely discredited, work by Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues linked the triple MMR jab with autism... Read more →

Obama's beliefs- the Audacity of Reason?

Most of us are looking forward to a new era when Barack Obama takes his oath of office on Tuesday next week. Obama claims to be a deeply religious man, though one of his mentors appears to have rather unusual... Read more →

The power of prayer...let the children die.

Madeline Kara Neumann Hundreds of thousands of Christian worshippers will be trooping into their churches this Sunday. Without exception they will acknowledge the existence of an invisible deity. A deity with absolute power over the world as we know it.... Read more →

The Rambler and "Thought for the Day"

I normally grumble when the Today Programme interrupts its current affairs with "Thought for the Day". But I listened to Rev. Dr. Allan Billings' contribution on 31st March with increasing interest. He adopts the same position as I do. In... Read more →

Cameron falls straight into the Mail's abortion trap!

Today I read in the Daily Mail...no folks I don't buy the rag....an interview with David Cameron. The Mail's headline is " Cameron: Cut the abortion limit to 21 weeks" The reason he gives for supporting this is: "I would... Read more →

Cosmic Gall

This morning, the why is irrelevant, I picked from my bookshelf a rather yellowing copy of The Faber Book of Science, Edited by John Carey. It is a wonderfully entertaining and educational anthology of scientific writing. The poem below was... Read more →