Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
When I studied in England, I did so using money I’d saved from a decade of work (starting when I was ten). I took care of neighbor’s houses, mowed their lawns, babysat their kids, cleaned their cars, etc. I had a goal and I worked to pay for it. I
Continue readingMohammed is the most popular name for new baby boys. And women, left by their own nation with a spiritual and moral vacuum, and a rare choice of dangerous and demeaning behaviors vis a vis sex, drink and drugs, are converting to Islam in large numbers.
Continue readingThe British government has proposed stealth communism: all paychecks go to the government first, which then doles out to the wage earner whatever amount the government feels is the wage earner’s due. Think about it. As Pat Sajak wrote yesterday, withholding is bad enough, because it deprives the worker of
Continue readingI arrived in England months after Peter Sutcliffe, the terribly brutal “Yorkshire Ripper,” had been arrested. His last victim had been killed around the corner from the apartment in which I was to live for a year. Although I was happy and felt safe where I lived, only once did
Continue readingWhen I lived in England many, many moons ago, I met an English student who had spent the previous summer working, very, very hard, at the local zoo. The highlight of his work day was driving around the little kiddy train, and even that wasn’t much fun. He spent the
Continue readingSeveral years ago, my family and I visited Pompeii, which is one of the most wondrous tourist destinations in the world. To maximize our experience, we hired a highly recommended guide who walked us over the grounds, explaining everything before us. This guide’s particular passion was plumbing. He had no
Continue readingIn a market economy, the marketplace drives the availability of goods and services. If there’s a big demand, the market will create a big supply; if the demand dries up, so does supply, as the market sends its resources elsewhere. Supply and demand, however, have no place in government controlled
Continue readingIn 1931, Nancy Langhorne Astor’s son Robert Gould Shaw III was arrested for committing a homosexual act (in a park, I believe). This was a continuation of a long-standing British public policy of prosecuting “sodomists.” Arguably the most famous prosecution was that against Oscar Wilde, for public indecency. The trial,
Continue readingIf you want to see what modern socialism looks like, look no further than Britain. I cannot urge you strongly enough to read this article. If it is the only thing you read this week, read this article. Because I read the British papers daily, I can attest to the
Continue readingAs the Soviet Union showed, by the time medicine is fully nationalized, careers in medicine have been reduced to the lowest status level, somewhere around street cleaning. Learning medicine and practicing medicine (including nursing, pharmacy, technical jobs, etc.), is incredibly time-consuming and, in a society that still has the gloss
Continue readingEngland is not one of my favorite places anymore, because of the raging antisemitism that characterizes her politics and her street. Nevertheless, she is our ally and has been our staunch ally for more than a century. For Obama to abandon her over the Falklands is disgusting. At Power Line,
Continue readingThe British, who represent what America will be in 20 years if Obama-stuff continues unchecked, are being offered a way out. Daniel Hannan, the brilliant British conservative speaker, is hosting a Tea Party. Here are details. So far, fewer than 100 people are scheduled to show but that doesn’t mean
Continue readingA few days ago, I posted about the fact that, in England, it is illegal to defend yourself against an attack within your own home. I shouldn’t have gotten so upset about the whole thing. You see, it seems that I was operating from a ridiculous premise, which is that
Continue readingOne of the most basic principles of Anglo-Saxon common law is a homeowner’s right to defend himself against intruders. Oh, wait! That’s not quite true anymore. In England, which practically gave its name to the notion that “a man’s home is his castle,” homeowner self-defense is against the law (emphasis
Continue readingThere’s been a fair amount of talk lately about Brit Hume’s “come to Jesus” suggestion to Tiger: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJKmWdJQc4[/youtube] I don’t have a whole lot to say about that, other than it goes a long way to explaining why Hume left the MSM. Not only could he not say that when
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