During this time of reflection — civil war? — for the Republican Party, it makes sense to look abroad for models of how a right-of-center party might succeed in the 2020s. An obvious place is Britain. Conservatives are still in government there and, despite the coronavirus pandemic and an economic contraction unmatched since 1709, they...
Brexit apoplexy, crippling fears about the future of the Union — the Scots are once again discussing independence — and a riven governing Conservative Party that is only in charge with the assistance of an obscure Northern Irish group. Having just returned from Britain, I can confirm the country is in a state of political...
By the time you read this, Britain should have left the European Union. Or, perhaps, it’s still a member. Maybe there will be another referendum. This uncertainty reveals how divided Britons are about their future and place in Europe. It also tells us a lot about direct democracy, a form of governance Americans have always...
Fifty years after the wartime British prime minister's death, a new book demonstrates how he made history.
Politicians of all stripes can learn valuable lessons from the so-called Iron Lady.
If you really want to stir up a hornets’ nest, go to a certain kind of modern-day conservative gathering and say, “I’m so glad that America is a democracy.”
In a more general sense, Americans differ from Europeans on the balance between respecting liberty and guaranteeing incomes.
RALEIGH — In October, French President Nicolas Sarkozy rather gleefully presented a report written by a group of distinguished economists. Led by Nobel Laureate and Clinton administration official Joseph Stiglitz, the academics concluded that increasing the gross domestic product or GDP to an appreciable extent in a sustained manner should not be the obsessive goal of public policy.
RALEIGH — In October, French President Nicolas Sarkozy rather gleefully presented a report written by a group of distinguished economists. Led by Nobel Laureate and Clinton administration official Joseph Stiglitz, the academics concluded that increasing the gross domestic product or GDP to an appreciable extent in a sustained manner should not be the obsessive goal of public policy.
In a more general sense, Americans differ from Europeans on the balance between respecting liberty and guaranteeing incomes.
If you really want to stir up a hornets’ nest, go to a certain kind of modern-day conservative gathering and say, “I’m so glad that America is a democracy.”
