This article was previously published at Founders Ministries, the Aquila Report, and the author’s blog. There are two gravesites I have made a habit of visiting whenever I am in London. The first lies in North London at Highgate Cemetery….

I don’t follow British politics closely. But it’s clear enough that the Conservative Party in the UK isn’t very conservative. I receive the party’s ConservativeHome webpage daily, billed as “the home of conservatism,” and I rarely trip over anything in…

What is it about Sir Winston Churchill that so intimidates Democrat presidents? Perhaps it is the personal courage he showed in 1941 when he stood, almost alone, against the appeasers demanding peace with Hitler, and quite literally saved freedom.   A…

Let’s look on the bright side. As someone whose home is in the center of London, I have to admit that cities have become much more pleasant to live in since lockdown. There’s less noise, less traffic, less pollution. Same…

One big positive to put alongside the many negatives about COVID-19 is that millions of us should never have to commute again. It just isn’t necessary, and still won’t be when we’re free of the wretched virus. We can work…

When Ralph Waldo Emerson lost a useful amount of his income in the banking panic of 1837, he wrote a poem called “The Humble-bee.” Busy, buzzy Bombus — the Latin name for the bumblebee means buzz or drone — seemed to…

London There is the musty smell of a police state here in old London, or should I say an inchoate police state? The present mayor, Sadiq Khan, is of the Left and he shares the Left’s lust for power. Everything…

Shockingly, New York and London, two world-famous cities of similar population sizes, currently have equivalent murder rates. The glaring differences are that the United Kingdom has no Second Amendment, and prohibited firearms in 1997. That has not stopped the violence,…