Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” – 52 years on
Ronald Reagan’s speech supporting Sen. Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign still speaks to us. “A time for choosing” may be from another, more polite era of political discourse but its themes of deficits, taxes, liberty, security and leadership are more pressing than ever....
Office of National Statistics: TV Licence listed as an “indirect tax”…
Some of my friends object to my characterisation of the TV Licence — required by law to watch TV programmes “live” as “they are broadcast” in the UK — as a tax. Well, the Office of National Statistics apparently shares my view: that the TV Licence is, indeed, a tax....
“Yes” Campaigners confuse marriage with divorce…
The Telegraph has this great picture from Scottish Independence Referendum (#IndyRef) campaign trail (which can be found here) that shows some of the “Yes” campaigners spectacularly missing the point of their own campaign when they’re photographed with a young bride-to-be. Why? Well, whilst the young lady (pictured) is about to say “yes”,...