Major cutbacks in foreign and national news coverage at other papers has the Times thinking it can outlast the competition.

Paul Gottfried, who is Jewish, writes: As far as I know, the Catholic Church does not excommunicate members for holding political incorrect historical interpretations. Catholics are free to believe what they want about how many victims Hitler or Stalin killed. They may even believe, if they chose to, that the Cards beat the Steelers in last week’s super-bowl, without being tossed out of the fold...

We don't share the assumptions in this article that man-made global warming will precipitate global catastrophe. However, millions of students around the world are being brainwashed and traumatized by politicians and ideologues in government schools. Climate Change Takes a Mental Toll From The Boston Globe By Emily Anthes Last year, an anxious, depressed 17-year-old boy was admitted to the ps...

The roundup is a compendium of last week's outstanding posts in the British Blogosphere. A little late this week, but still delectable.

A senior British Foreign and Commonwealth Office diplomat has been arrested and is on bail after shouting about the "fucking Jews" at a crowded gym in London. More in the Times: News reports today said that Rowan Laxton, 47, allegedly shouted "f***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews" while watching television reports of the Israeli attack on Gaza last month. He is also alleged to have said that Israeli sol...

If last weeks’ British wildcat strikes were redolent of protectionism, comments evoking similar feelings made by the French President have proved inflammatory to Prague, writes Lara Natale. Czech Prime Minister/incumbent EU President Mirek Topolánek has suggested that they may even end up contributing to the Czech Republic’s existing disinclination to ratify the Lisbon Treaty.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged British authorities to take it easy on Martin Jahnke, the German student who threw a shoe at him in Cambridge last Monday: "Education is best for a young student, and I hope he will have the opportunity to continue his education. The return of a prodigal is worth more than gold. I hope the student recognises his mistake and uses his developing eyesight to ...

I have to admit that Friday night's Presidential visit was not necessarily ill-starred, but it felt like it at times. The original plan had been to drive from London, attend the dinner, and then drive to Suffolk. However, last Monday's snow put paid to that idea and, instead, we were forced to improvise. Continued snowfall on Friday had led to the early closure of the Revenue & Customs office

It never ceases to amaze me that people would risk their lives to get to their destination a few seconds sooner. This video from Railtrack on BBC Online shows "near miss" level crossing incidents, including one in Camarthenshire. You can see from the last clip that a fellow gets so near to being run down by a fast train that one of his shoes is knocked off by it.

Ulster Unionist MLA Basil McCrea has welcomed the Speaker's ruling today that he did not breech the rules of Parliamentary debate when he challenged the Minister for Education last Monday. When he questioned Catriona Ruane, Mr McCrea asked, ";Will she admit that as far as the people of Northern Ireland are concerned, she has done more than any other politician to bring the Assembly into disrep...