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Cherwell Statement on Covid-19

We have been made aware of a number of cases of misinformation and speculation in relation to the spread of Covid-19 at Oxford. A number of sites have, either...

OSPL SUMMER SCHEME

If you are interested in business and publishing then join the OSPL Summer Scheme! Who else can say that they worked as a business executive for a real publishing company whilst completing their degree?!

The Spectre of Virtue Signalling

Brian Wong criticises the use of social justice causes for personal ends

The Imperative to Resist Injustice

Brian Wong argues that we all have a responsibility to fight today's social injustices

Cameron’s on the case

The Tories are talking about a "new politics". Let's not count our chickens...

Sit down and shut up: the end is not nigh

"The political system itself is under attack...parliament has failed, the government is paralysed...many MPs feel as if the establishment itself is crumbling." All this from...

Healthcare, the Olympics, and the Obama Legacy

What happens these next few months could well shape how Obama is remembered.

Why rights campaigners have got it all wrong

The latest from Cherwell's new blog on UK politics

What’s the point of consciousness?

If humans are able to solve creative problems before being concsiously aware of the solution, what is the point of conscious thought?

Why the GOP is on a bridge to nowhere

The Republican Party is lost, scurrying in the wrong direction. It must change itself.

Green green lights given green light

New guidelines allow councils to use greener traffic signals: but why so late, and are they greener at all?

Alzheimer’s influence seen at age 20?

Recent Oxford research suggests it will be possible to diagnose risk of dementia decades before it would manifest. Is this viable, or even helpful?

Presidential Power

Obama was right to assert his authority. He had a simple message for Detroit: change, or I will let you die.

The Exploitation of Legitimate Disquiet

A longer post, since this is the vac: It is wrong for AIG, given its situation, to be paying out such large bonuses. But stoking the fires of popular dissatisfaction has served only to distract us from the bigger questions.

Auntie’s science bloomers

Until there's a change of climate, you should take BBC science reporting with a pinch of salt.

Why, why, why?

Are there some questions science can never answer?

A new approach to dealing with fringe critics, and a must-read

The old wisdom -- don't give your more extreme critics the oxygen of publicity -- has been dispensed with in this White House.

6th Week: Obscurantism

Some music no one really cares about

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