From the Guardian: President Barack Obama, who pledged to eradicate childhood hunger, has described as “unsettling” the agriculture department survey, which says 50 million people in the US – one in six of the population – were unable to afford to buy sufficient food to stay healthy at some point last year, in large part [...]

On November 5th, 2009, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan entered the Soldier Readiness Centre at Fort Hood, TX, and opened fire with two pistols, killing thirteen and injuring another thirty. It appears that Hasan may have been motivated by his religious beliefs as he reportedly proclaimed ‘Allahu Akbar’ before opening fire. He may also have been [...]

A correspondent writes: Dear Sarah Palin, You’re an idiot. Your followers’ celebration of your “values” – which, I believe, are teen pregnancy, moose hunting, overpriced suits, and big hair – make me extremely concerned for the future of our country. Save yourself (and the rest of us), and go retire in Russia. Thanks. Sincerely, A [...]

The Pennsylvania Republican party have run an advert where the ‘O’ of Obama’s surname is replaced with a hammer and sickle in a circle. Just for the avoidance of doubt, I thought I’d do a little list of ways in which Barack Obama is different from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. CPSU Barack [...]

While Jan Moir has been issuing her homophobic drivel and being roundly castigated by the internet, another story in the news of quite astounding bigotry caught my eye. In Tangipahoa Country, Louisiana, a justice of the peace, Keith Bardwell, refuses to give marriage licenses for mixed-race couples. Yes, you read that correctly. The story first [...]

I’ve been trying to work out why the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Obama. Prima facie, it appears a strange decision. The citation makes it clear that the award was made in expectation of future achievements – “democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.” That is a precedent. Recent laureates – Martti Ahtisaari, [...]

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There’s an amusing fellow on YouTube called Lee Doren. He’s of the flavour of politics that sees Barack Obama as a socialist and/or fascist. His channel on YouTube is called ‘How the World Works’ – a singularly inappropriate title. I have a webcam for Skype calls, so I thought I’d use it to make a [...]

The proposals in the US at the moment seem to be ranging between extension of a non-exclusionary scheme like Medicare to anyone that wants it on the one hand and public health co-operatives on the other. Whether that would be a single co-operative for the US, one for each state or many more remains to [...]

I wonder if Dan Hannan’s posturing over the NHS might end up being the Tories’ undoing. The #welovetheNHS hashtag on Twitter and equivalents on other social media thingummies suggest not only that the NHS, for all its problems, is popular but also that the NHS forms part of our national identity. I know that this [...]