| abstracts
of major documents at abelard.org
short descriptions of documents on abelard's public education site,
together with links to the documents themselves.
abstracts
of subsidary briefing documents
short briefing documents providing succinct information on topics that
are often misunderstood. A useful additional research tool for teachers
and students alike.
world
information data resources
index
of information tables
relaxation
corner–recommended interesting sites
abelard visits many other sites while researching data to include in documents
being written for the abelard.org site. The lighter fruits of this research
are gathered on this page.
The sites shown on this page are presented only when they are fun
and/or interesting, and of good quality.
architectural
wonders and joys at www.abelard.org
beta release
Architecture is part of every landscape inhabited by humans. This page
indexes the many references at abelard.org to interesting, spectacular, innovative,
radical, past and modern architectural structures.
news resources
news archives by subject
news archives by
month’s headlines
news resources
these are just some of the more useful news resource sites that I scan regularly.
interesting sites
good quality, useful, amusing; collected for easy reference.
deconstructions
a series of documents that analyse manipulative writing techniques used
by reporters, and others, in order to promote their own political agendas.
- Fisking Chomsky,
a deconstruction - abelard
- manipulative
writing at the BBC - abelard
- an everyday
story of politically correct folk: an ‘appreciation’ -
Robert Henderson
- voodoo economics
by the ‘independent’ - abelard
- steyn very confused
- t.a.s.
- how the fossil
media wages war against the civilised world - t.a.s.
- the abuse
of islam in political rhetoric : a deconstruction
on misusing words to avoid criticism, while critising the critics
- deconstructing
the moonbat line over Iraq
useful
links
abelard's recommended links to other interesting and useful sites. The
links include a section on mathematical
modelling, including memes, games theory and emergent behaviour,
with various sites giving practical and visual applications. Another section
is on logic,
with links to mediaeval, Aristotelian and non-aristotelian logic sites.
Other links are suggested to sites on education,
British
politics, and the European
Union.
recommended
reading
Recommended books on: human
and other animal behaviour, the
future of society, social
chaos and what to do about it, communication
and psychology,
including social
skills/relationship training, economics.
quotations at abelard.org
abelard often finds useful phrases quoted from other
thinkers and writers.
General selected quotations. Where relevant, the location where the
quote is used at abelard.org is included.
Selected quotes by Ronald
Reagan, H.L. Mencken,
Henry Ford, Adolph
Hitler, Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe,
George Orwell, Winston
Churchill.
Written by abelard,
at abelard.org, collected by Xavier,
together with links to abelard’s originating document.
Some notes provided.
Other links can be found within specialist documents and other items. |
