Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Shell energy scenarios to 2050
Never before has humanity faced such a challenging outlook for energy and the planet. This can be summed up in five words: “more energy, less carbon dioxide”.Shell, 2008
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Evolving consensus
Whilst on one level, being suspicious of elite organisations and challenging the unearned political authority of science is useful, Fuller misses the point that just because the elite believe it, doesn’t make it automatically wrong for the rest of us to agree.
Robin Walsh,
Culture Wars, 4 September 2008
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Evidence and education policy – some reflections and allegations
The paper reflects on the use by the UK central government of statistical evidence in educational policy matters. Particular attention is given to school league tables. The paper is generally critical of government attitudes, but suggests that progress towards rational decision-making does occur.
Harvey Goldstein,
Cambridge Journal of Education, September 2008
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The Age of American Unreason
Dissects a modern America at odds with its heritage of Enlightenment reason and with 21st century knowledge and science.
Susan Jacoby, Old Street Publishing,
25 August 2008
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A painful past uncovered
For decades, the whereabouts of thousands executed in Spain under Franco's rule have remained a mystery. Now the exhumation of mass graves is reuniting relatives with their loved ones' remains - and revealing the country's dark history.
Graham Keeley,
The Guardian, 21 August 2008
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The world needs GM agriculture
GM crops can boost productivity in lean times. Prince Charles was wrong to dismiss them out of hand.
Julian Little,
The Guardian, 14 August 2008
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The final countdown
Time is fast running out to stop irreversible climate change, a group of global warming experts warns today. We have only 100 months to avoid disaster.
Andrew Simms,
Guardian, 1 August 2008
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