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The Myth of Independence Day Jul. 04, 2019
The Declaration of Independence — released on July 4, 1776 — was Thomas Jefferson's mast... Read More
And We Did It! Jun. 18, 2019
Where do the Hong Kong Chinese get these notions: such as that the right to a fair trial is rock-bot... Read More
Trade With Britain Jun. 10, 2019
The United States of America has always traded with Britain, though sometimes it was less of a forma... Read More
The Ugly American Lands in London Jun. 05, 2019
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was born the summer of '46. The president who would be king turns 73... Read More
The British Boy Who Never Forgot the St. Louis War Hero Who Saved His Life Feb. 22, 2019
Briton Tony Foulds, 82, has a better appreciation than most about the importance of living every day... Read More
Today's Politics? Don't Get Me Started! Feb. 20, 2019
During the recent partial government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeatedly called Presiden... Read More
School's In: Why Can't We Be as Mindful as the Brits? Feb. 12, 2019
Brexit is creating a lot of bad press for Britain these days, but here's a recent headline about the... Read More
Short Takes on Recent News of the Weird Feb. 05, 2019
Thank You for Your Service The American Civil Liberties Union sounded the alarm after a Hispanic man... Read More
Brexit and the Future of US-Britain Relations Jan. 31, 2019
The future of Brexit, England's historic divorce from the European Union, hangs in a precarious bala... Read More
How to Solve the Brexit Dilemma Dec. 13, 2018
We've all had the experience of getting something we want and soon realizing that we really didn't w... Read More
Disarray in the UK Dec. 13, 2018
If you think the United States' politics are in disarray, you need look no further than our closest ... Read More
A Look Back at the Words of 2018 Dec. 12, 2018
My goodness, what a year we had, With mayhem, storms, and fires so bad. Our language seemed to fall ... Read More
The 'Great War' and Those That Followed Nov. 14, 2018
This past Sunday morning in France — at precisely 11 a.m. — the world marked exactly 100... Read More
Putin Speaks Code. Does Trump Understand? Jul. 20, 2018
Back when word first leaked that Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. had met with a Ru... Read More
The Right Lesson to Take From the Alfie Evans Tragedy May. 01, 2018
The baby Alfie Evans has died. Born in Liverpool with a degenerative brain condition, Alfie had been... Read More
Might Makes Might Mar. 27, 2018
A door creaks — metaphorically, of course — and a metaphorical breeze slinks into the ro... Read More
Capital Idea: Seize the Oligarchs' Manhattan Penthouses Mar. 20, 2018
The poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in the English countryside has roused Britons to two truths: Vladi... Read More
Did Putin Order the Salisbury Hit? Mar. 20, 2018
Britain has yet to identify the assassin who tried to murder the double agent Sergei Skripal and his... Read More
Single-Payer Will Cut Boomers' Lives Short Aug. 09, 2017
If you're a baby boomer, you're expecting Medicare to pay for that knee replacement or cataract oper... Read More
