100 years ago, the politicians of the day were actually reluctant to impose new taxes except in the most extreme circumstances: war.
Read MoreTo promise a certain pension amount decades out assumes the actuarial wisdom of a deity.
Read MoreScience and medicine are not “alternative,” “conventional” or “Western,” any more than gravity can be described as European or Chinese.
Read MoreConsider Britain’s greatest accomplishment in the field of freedom: Abolishing slavery at home, then in its empire (as of 1833) and battling slavery elsewhere
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