Rant of the day

HOSTAS My mother-in-law told me last autumn that I should move my roses away from the bed I had made on the back lawn, since the nearby wo...

ELECTRIC CARS (3) Three weeks ago , I was saying that times were hard for Better Place, the company that is spearheading the move towards ...

CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE (2) A last-minute goal by Arjen Robben secured Bayern Münich a 2-1 win over German rivals Borussia Dortmund in the f...

THE PRICE OF HELP Denmark's Supreme Court made a decision yesterday, that could have huge consequences for society in the future. Is i...

THE DANGERS OF TRANSLATION (2) My prediction in March was that Denmark would eventually offer its Afghani interpreters asylum, as it did ...

FISCAL CLIFFS (4) The Government didn't wait until the summer holidays before making changes to its proposal to sort out the " da...

ICE HOCKEY (7) Sweden won the world ice hockey championship last night in Stockholm, beating Switzerland 5-1 in the final. In doing so, th...