Remembering Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ speech on anti-missile defense
On March 23, 1983 President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation to announce that the United States would embark on a program to develop antimissile technology. Reagan asserted that the move would make the country More...
Michael Moore says Trump voters are ‘legal terrorists’ ignoring hypocritical support of Bernie Sanders
While promoting his latest film, Michael Moore in Trumpland, the provocative filmmaker took aim at the GOP and Donald Trump in particular, even calling them “legal terrorists.” Moore was quick to backpedal More...
NT Live sets encores of ‘One Man Two Guvnors,’ ‘The Audience,’ ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Hamlet’
A selection of National Theatre Live’s most celebrated and acclaimed broadcasts will be returning to cinemas in 2016. These events will feature Tony Award-winner and host of “The Late Late Show” James Corden, More...
Paul Krugman’s Intellectual Honesty on Great Britain, Herbert Hoover and Margaret Thatcher
Bob Murphy has a post on Free Advice that deals with the intellectually dishonest way that Paul Krugman portrays Herbert Hoover and the Andrew Mellon quote, “Liquidate the farmers, etc.” Krugman clearly More...
Margaret Thatcher hashtag mixup on twitter creates stir that singer Cher had died
Punctuation and capitalization matter. Shocked Cher fans misunderstood a hashtag which circulated twitter announcing Britain’s former PM Margaret Thatcher’s death. #Nowthatchersdead popped up on Twitter More...
Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, dies at age 87
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a key figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. (some More...
