Great News! Ofcom admit defeat. The US First Amendment wins over Britain’s state censor.
Ladies and Gentleman I bring you glad tidings. Britain’s increasingly hated state censor Ofcom has admitted defeat in trying to get foreign media organisations…
USA
An unsurprising decision.
Apparently there has been a change of heart by the US government over the issue of livestreaming the execution by firing squad of former…
Some thoughts on the Christa Pike non-execution and the death penalty in general.
There are many arguments that can be made in favour of the Death Penalty. It can bring closure to the trauma suffered by the…
Imagine being so totally dominated by ideology that you sacrifice your own child’s education?
We all have principles, including political ones, of one form or another but many of us are prepared to bend or modify or look…
From Elsewhere: Compassion has to be coupled to critical thinking.
Compassion is a good thing. It’s right and proper to have compassion for the downtrodden and the sick and the oppressed. But what happens…
From Elsewhere: Another convert to Islam who appears to have gone straight to Jihad bypassing Islam’s more peaceful paths.
Seen an interesting story in the New York Times. It appears that a female convert to Islam has decided that she didn’t want to…
History doesn’t repeat itself but it sometimes rhymes.
About 102 years ago there was a Democratic Party Convention that had such a high number, 300, of delegates who were associated with the…
Another high profile US politician kicks Britain’s government in the teeth over the issue of free speech.
High level and high profile American politicians seem to be more and more willing to stick the proverbial boot into Britain over the issue…
Happy 250th Birthday to the USA
Tomorrow is the 4th July and it’s America’s 250th Birthday. As I do my utmost not to write on a Saturday as it’s my regular…
It’s the USA’s 250th birthday so I thought about places and things that American visitors to the UK should see.
Should I suddenly become very lucky and not have the UK police knocking on my door for a ‘speech crime’ for a change and…
