Worth a read

Adam Collyer, unashamedly married, heterosexual, practising Catholic explains why we should abolish civil partnerships.

Neil Craig explains why the smoking ban costs more lives than it 'saves'.

Snowdon (aka Velvet Glove, Iron Fist) reminds us that the benefits of alcohol far outweigh the costs.

John Band reminds us that although we drink more alcohol that fifty years ago, we don't drink significantly more than a century ago. Which sort of chimes in with the whole 'global warming' nonsense - whether temperatures are going up or down all depends on what your starting year is.