
Fraser Nelson
Sesame Street collects a handful of video clips to demonstrate today’s “word on the street”: reporter. Elmo gives the craft a try, but soon comes across a conundrum: “It’s hard to tell about what’s happening when nothing is happening.” The answer, of course,…
Florida Governor Rick Scott announced today that he will support the federal government’s expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare. Just a few months ago, the governor penned an op-ed for the Spectator titled, “More Medicaid? No Thanks.” It ran in our September…
Behold, the definitive video on Marco Rubio’s unquenchable thirst. Sometimes the Internet is a wonderful thing. And sometimes… Hat tip: The Atlantic.
The Guardian has a nice interactive graph of every State of the Union by length and reading level. George Washington’s address, at 1,083 words, is shorter than most of our magazine articles. Jimmy Carter stands out as an outlier with…
State of the Union drinking games are popular among young people watching the president’s address, but I’ve never been a “shots and RedBulls” kind of guy. Here’s a game for a more discerning palate. The rules are the same: If…
The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony OutrageBy Greg Gutfeld(Crown Forum, 256 pages, $26) They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but how about by its intro? On page xii…
From a distance, David Cameron looks like one of the world’s most successful conservatives. He brought his party back to power, ending its 13-year spell in the wilderness. His politics, he once told me, were about achieving “liberal ends through…