Now that we have been warned our energy prices may rise by up to £200 per year in order to help the nuclear industry build more power stations, we may reflect on the howls of protest about subsidies to renewables.
I have no doubt there are situations where a child is better brought up by a same-sex couple rather than a heterosexual couple, for example when the latter is abusive ("Free Church rejects same-sex plan", The Herald, May 22 & Letters, May 23).
Your editorial is concerned about the effect of too much of certain cerebral activities on the development of young minds and certain activities are singled for criticism, particularly those involving computer or TV screens (May 22).
Letters supporting the splitting of the Scottish Catholic archives and the removal of the historic materials to the University of Aberdeen astound me (May 21 & 22).
WHILE I understand the theory behind the call for more powers to local authorities, I fear the outcome ("Cut council numbers, urges think tank", The Herald, May 22).
Your report exposes how flimsy, Government-sponsored ideas can circulate without thorough deliberation at source on the consequences ("Call to give teachers fixed-term contracts", The Herald, May 23).
In the debate over the future of the Scottish Catholic archives, the waters are regularly muddied in support of the decision by Archbishop Mario Conti and his colleagues to divide the contents of the archive presently at Columba House in Edinburgh, and the letters of Herbert Coutts and Stuart Nisbet (The Herald, May 21) are no exception.
You report that the Free Church has accused "the gay rights lobby" of pursuing equal marriage law without consideration of the alleged harm to children ("Free Church rejects same-sex plan", The Herald, May 22).
The Nato conference in Chicago is more a presidential election contrivance rather than any critical strategic knocking of heads ("PM reaffirms Afghan pull-out date", The Herald, May 22).
George Wyllie paid us a memorable visit to Madras and Bangalore in February 1993 ("Tributes to Scottish artist who lived life less ordinary", The Herald, May 17 and Letters, May 17, 19 & 22).
I strongly believe Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's (SPT) proposed photography ban on the subway, including a £1000 fine on anyone taking personal photos or recordings, is a step in the wrong direction ("Outcry at Subway photo ban", The Herald, May 19).
Some of the many outstanding questions about the Lockerbie bombing may never be answered, not because the information does not exist, but because the US and British governments and their security forces are determined to keep it secret from the public ("The search for truth must go on", The Herald, May 21).
The decision to move the books and archival material once at Blairs back to the north-east was made in principle a decade ago, and made public in 2008 ("Academics condemn plan to split Catholic archives", The Herald, May 18 and Letters, May 18, 19 & 21).
Rosemary Goring is right to describe the Church of Scotland's General Assembly as "legalistic" and "nit-picking" and to say of this year's Assembly that "its bank balance is the biggest concern" ("Assembly is an annual exercise in irrelevance", The Herald, May 21).
Local authority councillors are at a watershed moment: on one side they face death by one thousand cuts, and on the other, the need to confront tough ideas and challenges to regain local democratic responsibility and retain a meaningful role ("Demand for freeze on council tax to be scrapped", The Herald, May 21).
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Now that we have been warned our energy prices may rise by up to £200 per year in order to help the nuclear industry build more power stations, we may reflect on the howls of protest about subsidies to renewables.
I have no doubt there are situations where a child is better brought up by a same-sex couple rather than a heterosexual couple, for example when the latter is abusive ("Free Church rejects same-sex plan", The Herald, May 22 & Letters, May 23).
Your editorial is concerned about the effect of too much of certain cerebral activities on the development of young minds and certain activities are singled for criticism, particularly those involving computer or TV screens (May 22).
Letters supporting the splitting of the Scottish Catholic archives and the removal of the historic materials to the University of Aberdeen astound me (May 21 & 22).
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WHILE I understand the theory behind the call for more powers to local authorities, I fear the outcome ("Cut council numbers, urges think tank", The Herald, May 22).
Your report exposes how flimsy, Government-sponsored ideas can circulate without thorough deliberation at source on the consequences ("Call to give teachers fixed-term contracts", The Herald, May 23).
In the debate over the future of the Scottish Catholic archives, the waters are regularly muddied in support of the decision by Archbishop Mario Conti and his colleagues to divide the contents of the archive presently at Columba House in Edinburgh, and the letters of Herbert Coutts and Stuart Nisbet (The Herald, May 21) are no exception.
You report that the Free Church has accused "the gay rights lobby" of pursuing equal marriage law without consideration of the alleged harm to children ("Free Church rejects same-sex plan", The Herald, May 22).
The Nato conference in Chicago is more a presidential election contrivance rather than any critical strategic knocking of heads ("PM reaffirms Afghan pull-out date", The Herald, May 22).
George Wyllie paid us a memorable visit to Madras and Bangalore in February 1993 ("Tributes to Scottish artist who lived life less ordinary", The Herald, May 17 and Letters, May 17, 19 & 22).
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I am occasionally inclined to feel dispirited when I open a newspaper or tune in to a news bulletin.
I strongly believe Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's (SPT) proposed photography ban on the subway, including a £1000 fine on anyone taking personal photos or recordings, is a step in the wrong direction ("Outcry at Subway photo ban", The Herald, May 19).
Some of the many outstanding questions about the Lockerbie bombing may never be answered, not because the information does not exist, but because the US and British governments and their security forces are determined to keep it secret from the public ("The search for truth must go on", The Herald, May 21).
The decision to move the books and archival material once at Blairs back to the north-east was made in principle a decade ago, and made public in 2008 ("Academics condemn plan to split Catholic archives", The Herald, May 18 and Letters, May 18, 19 & 21).
Rosemary Goring is right to describe the Church of Scotland's General Assembly as "legalistic" and "nit-picking" and to say of this year's Assembly that "its bank balance is the biggest concern" ("Assembly is an annual exercise in irrelevance", The Herald, May 21).
Local authority councillors are at a watershed moment: on one side they face death by one thousand cuts, and on the other, the need to confront tough ideas and challenges to regain local democratic responsibility and retain a meaningful role ("Demand for freeze on council tax to be scrapped", The Herald, May 21).
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