“Racist and anti-immigration views held by children,” warned a recent headline in The Guardian, reporting the results of a survey of nearly 6,000 British schoolchildren conducted by the charity Show Racism the Red Card.

It’s clear that prejudices...

After more than 20 years making the web a slightly more interesting and interactive place, albeit one that pandered to designers’ worst excesses and (in pre-broadband days) led to interminable download waiting times, the word on the...

When it comes to controlling family size, China is probably the most notorious country. But the British government has just announced plans to cut welfare payments for larger families. This might not seem as draconian as outlawing the birth of more children but it effectively amounts to a two-child policy....