With the recent publication of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s memoirs, the cynics amongst us have once again had an opportunity to register our doubts about the veracity of events recorded by former public servants.  Radical British socialist, Tony Benn, a well-known critic of police powers and vehement anti-nuclear activist, famously explained in his [...]...

President Obama is fond of justifying legislation by making vague accusations about the power and influence of “special interests”.  In speech after speech on health care, finance reform and the economy, he lectures about the nefarious actions of special interests that are supposedly undermining society.  Heroically, he then positions his administration as the knight who [...]...

By selecting Christine O’Donnell over Representative Mike Castle to fight for Joe Biden’s old Senate seat, Delaware’s Republican primary voters have sent a message to Washington’s political strategists and pundits that expediency is out of fashion.  Tea party supporters are ecstatic with the 53-47 per cent outcome.  The Republican establishment backed Castle on the grounds [...]...