Let’s accept that, (in the Disunited States) we’re “stuck with the guns and instead should focus on the bullets. If we required people to have a licence to buy ammunition, and stamped bullets with serial numbers so that shell casings from crime scenes could be traced back to stores, we could potentially save many lives …
For those who grew up believing in an open, accepting, outward- looking country, where the government at least tried to govern for all the people, where there was a feeling of community and a desire to get along with everyone, regardless of age, gender and country of origin; for those who still believe in cooperation …
George Soros is worried about the outlook for the global economy and concerned that large market shifts may be at hand. The billionaire hedge-fund founder and philanthropist recently directed a series of big, bearish investments. The Soros Fund Management LLC, which manages $30 billion for Mr. Soros and his family, sold stocks and bought gold and …
The Guardian reports that the number of rough sleepers across England has doubled, and there are some 3,600 sleeping on the streets every night. This is put down to rising rents, cuts to government housing benefit allowances and a 45% reduction of the help offered by local councils to avoid homelessnes. 40% of the rough …
Evangelicals like Trump’s assurance that when he’s elected president, he’ll compel shop assistants to go back to saying ‘Merry Christmas’ instead of ‘Happy Holidays’. I can’t wait! It’s the bosses and the corporations who have destroyed Christmas, which, in America, starts in November and has become the only time of the year some of them …
