Magna Carta: 798 years after Runneymede…
Ideas have consequences and the ideas about justice and liberty under law promulgated in Magna Carta have had some of the most profound consequences in mankind’s history. Originally intended by the English barons as a check upon the authority, privileges and prerogatives of King John, Magna Carta came to...
Thoughts on Gov. Gary Johnson’s Huffington Post article: "Standing Still on a Down Escalator"
“Standing Still on a Down Escalator” is an excellent piece by the former Republican Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, on the 2012 US Presidential Election, on its issues and outcomes and what divided the Republicans and Democrats – and why he ended up as the Libertarian Party’s candidate....
Omaha Beach: in peace nearly 70 years after war
The peaceful, windswept sands of Omaha Beach today are a stark contrast to the scenes witnessed 70 years ago when those sands were stained with the blood of so many brave young men killed or wounded fighting to breach Hitler’s Atlantic Wall on 6th June 1944 and so begin...