Thoughts on the American Project at 250
Whilst the 4th July has long been held to mark American Independence Day, it was on the 2nd that the 13 colonies unanimously passed the Lee Resolution at the Second Continental Congress and, with it, announced their independence from Britain. It was on the 4th July 1776 that they...
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....