Tag Archives: Britain

The Beacon: Randall Holcombe: ‘Progressivism: Rhetoric Versus Reality’

Source:The Independent Institute– The Economist, which is a center-right, liberal publication in Britain, with a look at progressivism. “Contemporary supporters of an expanded role for government are increasingly moving away from calling themselves liberals and toward referring to themselves Progressives, … Continue reading

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BBC: David Frost Interview With Muhammad Ali (1974)

Source:BBC– interviewing The Greatest of All-Time in 1974. “Sir David Frost interviews legendary boxing champion and former World Heavyweight title holder, Muhammad Ali. During the interview Frost presses Ali on a number of topics, particularly his forthcoming title fight with … Continue reading

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Frost/Nixon Interviews: The Second Term

As far as messing around with other people’s elections, that is something that the United States shouldn’t be involved with. If that kind of thing happened here and you could make a strong case that it did in 1996 with … Continue reading

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Frost/Nixon Interviews: Full Interview About Watergate

I covered this last week, but the White House coverup of Watergate was about ending a story that the Nixon White House thought could explode in their faces. Which was an attempted burglary of Democratic National Headquarters. Even though the … Continue reading

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American Enterprise: Arthur Brooks & Robert Doar: Welfare Reform & Lessons From The United Kingdom

Source:AEI I don’t agree with U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on much if anything. But C-SPAN was covering the Senate Budget Committee markup yesterday and I saw part of that as the committee was voting on amendments to Senate Republicans budget … Continue reading

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Frost/Nixon The Complete Interviews: Foreign Policy

The real genius of the Nixon Presidency was the foreign policy. President Nixon and his National Security Director, could simply see things happening twenty-years in advance. I don’t believe we’ve ever had two people that high up in the U.S. … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Kenan Malik: Why Multiculturalism Failed

Source:Foreign Affairs The Far-Left both in America and Europe put down America as being this country of racial and ethnic discrimination where the majority population is always putting down racial and ethnic minorities. While Europe on the other hand is … Continue reading

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Atheist Ute: ‘Christopher Hitchens On The Left’s Double Standards’

Source:Atheist Ute– Atheist/Socialist writer Christopher Hitchens. “This is against his debate with Dr. Playthell Benjamin about the War in Iraq / War on Terror.” Source:Atheist Ute I actually agree with every point that Chris Hitchens made in this short video … Continue reading

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Center For Public Integrity: Wendell Potter: Britain’s Healthcare System is Better

Center For Public Integrity Just case there isn’t enough evidence that America won’t have a British based government-run health care system both health insurance and health care anytime soon perhaps not even in my lifetime and I’ll forty this year, … Continue reading

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BBC: ‘The Rise & Fall of Tony Blair’

Source:Trond Repato– Tony Blair apparently meeting New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Don’t ask me when and where. You can also see this post at The Daily Press, on Blogger. “The Rise and Fall Of Tony Blair 2007 06 23 Part … Continue reading

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