Asking: why do some people drive like idiots and shag perfect strangers. And other questions.

The trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor should have been a private family affair. Not a farce it turned into.

When parents praise their children too much they usually praise themselves.

Asking: is Syria next on the hit list of the West?

German MP’s vote with their wallets approve more money for the European bail-out fund.

Telling people that they are stupid to allow their politicians to get away with treachery.

Talking about the wealth delusion: how paper assets don’t really have any value.

A cynical glance at the people who run things in this great big world of ours. Including President Obama and some others.

More humorous pearls of wisdom on all sorts of subjects: politics, economics, culture.

Imagining an interview by Carla Bruni about her husband’s caring side.