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Religion – take it or leave it

10:17am Tuesday 21st May 2013

ARE you still quivering? It’s a serious question. I’ve just been reading about a new movement which began in the US – where else? – called the Quiverers. They are Evangelical Christians who have taken literally the words of Psalm 127: “Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb, are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.”

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Call me anything but Pete

11:14am Tuesday 14th May 2013

GPS tagging devices are being used to keep track of people with dementia. If only this enlightened scheme had been operating in the days of the great GK Chesterton. When he was a reporter on The Evening News he once sent a telegram to say: “I’m in Huddersfield. Where should I be?”

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Blinkered views bind our hands

10:24am Tuesday 7th May 2013

FRACKING for shale gas has transformed energy supply in the US, brought down prices and reduced the need for imports of other fossil fuels. It is already contributing massively to economic recovery in the US. Self-sufficiency in the provision of energy is bound to have profound consequences for US foreign policy too and lead to a revolution in geo-political power balances.

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Keep your tanks off my lawn

11:39am Tuesday 30th April 2013

ARCHBISHOP Justin Welby says: “There should be exams for those who want to work in the banking industry.”

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Patriotism is not a dirty word

4:33pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

A HAPPY St George’s Day. It’s very good to see English people making more of our Patron Saint. In this we are following the excellent example set by our friends in Wales, Scotland and Ireland who always celebrate David, Andrew and Patrick with great revelry and panache.

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Why spoil a good funeral?

11:17am Tuesday 16th April 2013

PLEASE spare a thought for the canons and the other clergy at St Paul’s for Baroness Thatcher’s funeral tomorrow.

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Am I not a victim of hate crime?

12:35pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

WHEN it comes to the concept of hate crimes, I confess I can’t, as they say, get my head round it. Doesn’t all criminal activity against the person involve a degree of hate, or at the very least dislike or lack of respect for the victim? Or are we to suppose there are not only hate crimes but love crimes during the perpetration of which the villain says such as: “Give us a kiss love while I snatch your purse – or I’ll knock your block off.”

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There’s no need to feel persecuted

10:11am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

EASTER is a time for love, peace, joy and the celebration of life. So naturally every year there’s a row. This Easter it’s the turn of George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, to drop the incendiary bombs. He has accused David Cameron of “aiding and abetting” the persecution of Christians in Britain.

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Arm the rebels? Not a good idea

10:27am Tuesday 19th March 2013

JUST look out, will you, because something very stupid and dangerous is about to be done in your name.

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Time to act over strong alcohol

1:17pm Friday 15th March 2013

IPOPPED into the supermarket today.

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