Nigel Biggar's Blog, page 6

RT by @NigelBiggar: This excellent statement against gender ideology in higher education by @NASorg continues to be a useful summary of the totalitarian animus that is driving it.https://www.nas.org/blogs/statement/a...

This excellent statement against gender ideology in higher education by @NASorg continues to be a useful summary of the totalitarian animus that is driving it.

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RT by @NigelBiggar: It's not my area of expertise but there is a great deal of research on this particular relationship, from Williams onwards. I think the bulk of research attempts to answer the question to what extent?, rather than whether it did or didn

It's not my area of expertise but there is a great deal of research on this particular relationship, from Williams onwards. I think the bulk of research attempts to answer the question to what extent?, rather than whether it did or didn't.

What about David Brian David, Seymour Drescher, David Richardson and Kenneth Morgan?

What about David Brian David, Seymour Drescher, David Richardson and Kenneth Morgan?

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Standing in the huge line for customer service -- or rather "customer service" -- I spoke with many other passengers. Some were sad but unfortunate stories. (eg flight cancelled due to mechanical problems.) But many had been as badly sc

Standing in the huge line for customer service -- or rather "customer service" -- I spoke with many other passengers. Some were sad but unfortunate stories. (eg flight cancelled due to mechanical problems.) But many had been as badly screwed over as I was. It's rampant.

RT by @NigelBiggar: The only thing worse than experiencing airport hell is listening to someone's experience of airport hell. So I won't go on. Let me just say this: You didn't just screw over me and my son, Air Canada. You screwed over John bloody Clees

The only thing worse than experiencing airport hell is listening to someone's experience of airport hell. So I won't go on. Let me just say this: You didn't just screw over me and my son, Air Canada.

You screwed over John bloody Cleese.

RT by @NigelBiggar: We ended up sleeping on the floor at Pearson. Can we rebook? We were never able to get through to anyone who could help us. Just endless Air Canada employees looking sympathetic and shrugging. We had to take VIA to get home to Ottawa. 2

We ended up sleeping on the floor at Pearson. Can we rebook? We were never able to get through to anyone who could help us. Just endless Air Canada employees looking sympathetic and shrugging. We had to take VIA to get home to Ottawa. 2/

RT by @NigelBiggar: Home news: I just had the trip of a lifetime ruined by Air Canada. I was to do a TV show with the legendary John Cleese. Scrubbed. I was to see London with my son. Scrubbed. Why? Air Canada bumped up us as we were boarding. No explanati

Home news: I just had the trip of a lifetime ruined by Air Canada. I was to do a TV show with the legendary John Cleese. Scrubbed. I was to see London with my son. Scrubbed. Why? Air Canada bumped up us as we were boarding. No explanation. No help. Unreachable reservations line.

RT by @NigelBiggar: You write, "it is not a contested area." The publisher writes about that book: "It challenges accepted views..." Sounds kinda contested to me.

You write, "it is not a contested area." The publisher writes about that book: "It challenges accepted views..." Sounds kinda contested to me.

Note: “it challenges views”. In other words, there is no consensus on this.

Note: “it challenges views”. In other words, there is no consensus on this.

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RT by @NigelBiggar: Its impact on the industrial revolution is a contested area (I studied this at Uni). But whether or not, that does not diminish Biggar's argument that slavery was normal and that it is abolition that is exceptional.

Its impact on the industrial revolution is a contested area (I studied this at Uni). But whether or not, that does not diminish Biggar's argument that slavery was normal and that it is abolition that is exceptional.