Margaret Thatcher

46 years ago: From The Pittsburgh Press, Nov. 22, 1963

1963 President John F. Kennedy is shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested. 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,...

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'2009 first year of global governance'

See 1st president of EU announce the official goal WorldNetDaily November 21, 2009 In accepting his appointment as the first president of the European Union, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy announced that "global...

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Backlash (Nov 18) :: Guardian.co.uk -- Andrew Brown

Ten days after the publication of the details of the pope's offer to disaffected Anglicans, and it's clear that one effect of his attempt at unity has been increase unhappiness and disunity almost everywhere. What they want,...

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St Winifred's choir reunites for charity version of 'There's Noone Quite Like Grandma'

The saccharine sound of There's No-one Quite Like Grandma will return after nearly three decades with the release of a new version of the novelty Christmas track. 29 years on, 14 of the original St Winifred's School Choir and...

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What a carry on

Sir -- I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the court case of the English 'lady' who received an ASBO for making too much noise while lovemaking. It must have resembled something out of a "Carry On" film. Even the...

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Hillary and Miliband: a very special relationship

When Hillary Clinton called David Miliband ‘vibrant' and 'vital’, eyebrows were raised - but why? Men hire, date and marry younger women all the time, says Kathy Lette US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) and...

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Mann silenced - Du Toit

Julian Rademeyer Johannesburg - The real story of the role played by Sir Mark Thatcher and the secretive financiers who backed the failed Equatorial Guinea coup plot will probably never be known, former mercenary Niek du Toit...

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Review: Just Watch Me, by John English

John English's rich biography Just Watch Me will more than satisfy the casual reader wondering why Ottawa was so important in the Trudeau years and what he was like, as well as the student looking for a comprehensive account of...

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Enough wishful thinking

I rish sport has been having a Death of Lady Di moment over the past few days. Disappointment after an unjust exit from the World Cup is understandable but the level of collective hysteria is extraordinary. I can't help feeling...

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Gorbachev's Sermon on the Mount

That biblical quotation certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set and whose past practices and recent cautions about Afghanistan should be heeded by Barack Obama. That is what...

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