Public spending is ballooning even as Labour degrades the British economy. The post The UK’s Fiscal Apocalypse appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The UK’s Fiscal Apocalypse Public spending is ballooning even as Labour degrades the British economy. UK Special Coverage This week I came across a truly jaw-dropping statistic. Britain now spends more on benefits than it raises in income tax: £334 billion against £306 billion respectively. The UK, it seems, now taxes working people in order to pay other people not to work. Of course, there are other sources of government revenue than income tax: VAT, corporation tax, fuel duty, to name but three. But the tax/benefit ratio is a prime index of economic irrationality. The British economy has, to…Open
The president should tell Netanyahu to kick rocks. The post To End the Iran War, Trump Must Divorce Israel appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs To End the Iran War, Trump Must Divorce Israel The president should tell Netanyahu to kick rocks. President Donald Trump believes in the power of positive thinking. That’s why he’s always bragging about how “big” and “beautiful” everything he does is. In fact, his 1987 book The Art of the Deal—“the number-one-selling business book of all time, at least I think,” Trump has said —was inspired by the self-help classic The Power of Positive Thinking. Lately, Trump has been expressing positive thoughts about a dreary topic: the war with Iran. Seemingly, he’s doing so in an effort to bring that war to a…Open
With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I. chip makers there will be no disruptions.
The episode, involving a group of sperm whales, adds to evidence that humans aren’t the only species that gets some form of assistance during and after delivery.
For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes.
Two-term GOP Sen. Steve Daines shocked Montana when he announced his retirement. Democrats worry a new independent candidate will split their party's vote.
The Yemeni militant group has good reasons to delay joining the war on Iran’s side. The post Where Are the Houthis? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Where Are the Houthis? The Yemeni militant group has good reasons to delay joining the war on Iran’s side. Unable to match the might of the militaries who have long opposed and threatened them, Iran has relied, in part, on the forward deterrent of its proxies and partners in the region. Hamas has been effectively removed from the picture, but within days of the bombs falling on Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon and militias allied with Iran in Iraq came to Tehran’s aid. Hezbollah has reportedly launched 779 waves of attacks since the war on Iran began. Over 70 percent of those attacks have used missiles. Iraqi militias…Open
If the district does not comply, the Thomas More Society said it will seek an injunction similar to the one it obtained against California in Mirabelli v. Bonta.