I wish the French well, but I'm not celebrating Bastille Day
One of my regular correspondents complains that, having marked the national days of Canada and the United States in the past fortnight, I have failed to extend the same courtesy to France. I admire...
View ArticleTea Partiers aim to overthrow their political class – just as in 1773
Janet Daley's article in The Sunday Telegraph is well worth reading. She makes a point missed by many overseas observers, namely that America’s Tea Partiers are quite as angry with the Republican old...
View ArticleThe greatest gift in politics is the renunciation of power
George Washington, says David McCullough, left no autobiography; instead, he left Mount Vernon. The observation might sound a little fanciful, but Washington, like most educated Englishmen of his...
View ArticleAn elected Senate barely works in the US, so why would we replace the House...
A few months ago, I wrote a piece for The New Republic about how the British were aping the American constitution. There is a sense within the UK’s political establishment that the US “got it right” in...
View ArticleHow we invented freedom – and why it matters
We are still experiencing the after-effects of an astonishing event. The inhabitants of a damp island at the western tip of the Eurasian landmass stumbled upon the idea that the government ought to be...
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