NAM Rogers in his fascinating work "The Command of the Ocean" has quite a bit on impressment. He says it was fairly well tolerated by seamen, as conditions and food were generally better th… (View Post)

Perhaps when she was adoored? (View Post)

My mother voted for her. (View Post)

Yes any universal healthcare system is redistributive, whether NHS or some sort of compulsory insurance such as Obamacare or the German system. Private heathcare in Britain is very distorted by the N… (View Post)

Interesting report in the FT on the US Tomahawk strikes The US military said in its initial assessment that “multiple” Isis members had been killed in the strikes on extremist “camps”. "However,… (View Post)