No, I don't. I think its cultural significance extends well beyond that, and believe it should be funded from general taxation. That would at least mitigate the obsessive complaints. (View Post)

Your finding something silly is faint condemnation indeed. (View Post)

Perhaps we will see some sort of revival of the traditional blog form ... ? (View Post)

And of course France doesn't. Which is how it manages to afford its own fighter aircraft; military aircraft engines; nuclear deterrent; carrier; nuclear submarines etc. They are not all state of… (View Post)

I think we'd have more chance of keeping Trump "onside" if we collectively stood up to him rather than fawning. NATO Sec Gen Rutte is an example of how not to do it anymore. It might h… (View Post)