There is a curious magic trick at the heart of modern politics. Politicians promise to cut taxes. The wealthy cheer. Businesses applaud. The public is told that investment will surge, prosperity will spread and, eventually, the benefits will “trickle down” to everyone else. Then the government discovers that it still has to pay for hospitals, …
How do you define success in life? Loving one’s neighbours as one’s self
Joseph P. Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Court of St James on 18 February 1938. He arrived with a fortune, a famous family and a firm conviction that Europe's troubles could be settled by gentlemen with chequebooks. Hitler was, in this view, merely a difficult customer.
If you have ever found yourself in Abuja, Nigeria, you have likely noticed a peculiar architectural phenomenon. On one side of the Federal Capital Territory, millions of civil servants, teachers, and entrepreneurs are packed into satellite towns like Nyanya, Kubwa, and Lugbe, battling soul-crushing traffic and rent prices that require sacrificing an organ just to …
Nicolas Sarkozy did not invent the idea of intervening in Libya, but few leaders embraced it with quite the same theatrical urgency. In early 2011, as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces advanced on Benghazi, the French president positioned himself at the front of the charge. France recognised the rebel National Transitional Council early, lobbied aggressively for UN …
