Reading Time: 3 minutes The Norman Conquest annihilated England’s ruling class, physically and genetically
Author: Pat Murphy
Are ‘citizens of the world’ simply ideological vagabonds?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Declaring yourself a citizen of the world can be construed as outward-looking but it can also be seen as simply being a tad rootless
Pack journalism and the corresponding need for skepticism
Reading Time: 3 minutes From Brexit to the U.S. presidential election, it’s important to filter what you read in order to reach something approximating the truth
JFK and Reagan more alike than you’d think
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kennedy and Reagan have assumed sainthood status for their polarized parties and claiming continuity between them strikes many as rank heresy
Culture the engine that drives economic and social success
Reading Time: 3 minutes Economist Thomas Sewell believes that for a culture to be successful it must learn to adapt and refine ideas that come from elsewhere
Trump’s foreign policy musings have legs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even after he’s gone, some of the issues Trump is championing will linger
‘Radical Joe’ Chamberlain inspires new British PM
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new British prime minister is apparently an admirer of the Victorian-era urban reforming Radical Joe
There’s nothing new about foreign intervention in elections
Reading Time: 3 minutes Russian hacking of DNC emails? Sounds like business as usual in the modern history of political interference by other countries
Fifty years ago, London was The Swinging City
Reading Time: 3 minutes From pop music to miniskirts to Academy Award-winning films, a cultural revolution was brewing in England – for a while
1940 Republican convention provided real political fireworks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forget Donald Trump – Wendell Willkie was the man if you’re seeking a presidential candidate who defied convention