What’s right with America

November 8, 2008 by Linda Gasparello Leave a Comment

Flamboyant, Scandal-Plagued Boris Set to Be U.K. Prime Minister

Barring the political equivalent of an act of God, Boris Johnson becomes leader of the British Conservative Party and prime minister on July 22. Johnson is a man who fails upward. So much so that he has said, “As I have discovered myself, there are no disasters just fresh opportunities. And, indeed, fresh opportunities for […]

The Miracle of Electricity, and More to Come

Llewellyn King

I constantly marvel at how wondrous electricity is, maybe because I grew up in Africa where, for stretches of my childhood, we lived under canvas in the bush without it. I can tell you it wasn’t romantic. My father repaired machinery in rural areas. Whenever equipment like corn-grinding, diesel-powered mills failed, the family went to […]

When You Think You Have Seen It All, Try Fantastic Kazakhstan

Linda Gasparello

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — There is the Grand Canyon in Arizona. But there is also a grand one, the Charyn Canyon, in Kazakhstan, the vast Central Asian country with curious and wondrous sights that await intrepid tourists. Sayasat Nurbek, who serves as a National Geographic goodwill ambassador in Kazakhstan, lists the Charyn Canyon, which stretches 56 […]

On Health Care, Trump Grabs the U.K.’s Third Rail, Lets It Go Fast

Llewellyn King

American conservatives hate it. Even the most passionate British conservatives support it. It was conceived by Winston Churchill as far back as 1908, mentioned again in 1924, and laid out as a plank for British reconstruction in his forward-looking “Plan for Postwar Britain” in 1943. This toxic issue, which turns red blue and blue red […]

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