Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Queen and Prince Phillip were born in the 1920s. They are, I gather, inherently conservative people. While moving in the British upper classes has no doubt exposed them to a great many gays and lesbians (and I’m sure their manners allow them to take those interactions in stride), I’m
Continue readingI gave the post the above title because, in England, even a woman who is a convicted sexual predator gets to keep up her relationship with the victim: A public school music teacher was today jailed for lesbian sex with a 15-year-old pupil – but was given an astonishing green
Continue readingAll of us have been worried that the Obama Administration, working in tandem with a wildly Democratic Congress, wants to clamp down on freedom of speech. Heck, in true Orwellian fashion, the House of Representatives has already taken myriad terms off the table for fear that they might be used
Continue readingYesterday, while in San Francisco, I nearly got run over by a cyclist who ran a red light. There was nothing new about this, except that I was a more vulnerable than usual position, being on foot. Normally, I’m a driver, desperately trying to avoid bicyclists who run red lights,
Continue readingWe’re getting near the tail-end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that requires dawn to dusk fasting. Now, I’m a gal who enjoys noshing during the day, so I’m not thrilled about abstaining from food and drink for 10 hours. I’d be especially unhappy if it was a hot day,
Continue readingThere is no bliss inherent in the ignorance displayed by one judge in England: A judge lambasted a rapist for claiming his victim was a liar – then commended him for becoming a muslim. Judge Anthony Goldstaub QC sentenced Stuart Wood for seven years for the attack, then told him:
Continue readingBefore their cultural implosion, the English had a reputation for bravery and sangfroid. Although they are taking a beating in Afghanistan (in large part because the morally bankrupt Labour government refuses to give them necessary support), the troops on the ground are still fighting, dying and showing extraordinary bravery under
Continue readingOne could suspect that, not only does increased government spending not create morality, it may cause morality to decay at ever quickening speeds: British children are more likely to develop drink problems and fall pregnant despite billions of pounds spent by Labour on education and welfare, a leading economic think
Continue readingI am extremely fond of Vera Lynn’s music. I was therefore delighted to read that (a) she is still alive and, at 92, looking wonderful and (b) she is still a chart topping hit in England: Dame Vera Lynn yesterday became the oldest living artist to make it into the
Continue readingI used Stephen Hawking as an example, not of Britain’s failed health care, but of the fact that, under socialized medicine, famous people and politicos always get the gold standard. Charlie (Colorado) kindly pointed out that I’d erred. In fact, Hawking got sick before he got famous. That is an
Continue readingI said I wouldn’t blog about Kennedy himself and I’ll keep my word. I would like to point out something, though, about Kennedy’s health care, since word is out that the Dems have instantly leaped upon his death to advance their health care agenda. If anyone among the population is
Continue reading1. A major bed and midwife shortage has thousands of women giving birth in offices, hallways and even toilets. It sounds like a scene out of a bad war movie or a history of the Soviet Union, but it’s modern Britain under an imploding socialized medicine system: Thousands of women
Continue readingThat’s not normally what you expect to hear from your doctor, but you may hear that question in Hungarian or Polish or German or Italian or even Lithuanian if you’re a patient under Britain’s NHS. It turns out this problem arises because, yet again, the government has abandoned the rules
Continue readingWhen I was living in England, all of my friends carried perpetual “overdrafts.” If they wanted more money than their account had, they’d go to the bank and basically arrange an informal, short-term loan by which the bank allowed them to draw on money that wasn’t really (or, as my
Continue readingThis is a matched set of stories from the London Times, both about British dental care, and both warning of the travails when the government both controls much (not all, but much) of the market. The first story involves the horrible teeth British children enjoy under national dental care. You’ll
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