“Scandal, it bears repeating, undermines monarchies, but rarely ends them. It may be true that, according to a recent editorial in the New York Times, the British monarchy now exists primarily 'for our amusement'. But as long as people find it amusing, and want to be amused by it, they will be happy to see it undermined but uneager to kill it off.” PeopleWantMayLongEndsNew YorkBearsBritishBeing TrueScandalAmusementMonarchyAmusingNew York TimesAmusedEditorialsBritish HistoryBritish Monarchy Book:History in Our Time Source: History in Our Time
“That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I'll blend in wherever. I'm from the South, so I'll have a Southern accent when I'm home. But if I'm up here in New York, I have a British accent.” IfsFeelsSometimesHomeBitsSoundNew YorkSouthBritishSouthernArrogantAccentsSouthern Accent Author:Michael Shannon
“Dubai was brilliant, they looked around the world. They saw Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Sydney, London all ran British common law. British common law is much better for commerce than is French common law or sharia law. So they took 110 acres of Dubai soil, put British common law with a British judge in charge, and they went from an empty piece of soil to the 16th most powerful financial center in [the] world in eight years.” WorldYearsLawPowerfulCommonSawsPiecesNew YorkJudgingEmptyFinancialEightBritishLondonBrilliantAround The WorldRanSoilMost PowerfulChicagoCommerceSingaporeSydneyAcresHong KongShariaCommon LawDubaiSharia Law Author:Michael Strong
“Drug warriors' staunch opposition to needle exchanges to prevent the spread of HIV in addicts delayed the programs' widespread introduction in most states for years. A federal ban on funding for these programs wasn't lifted until 2009. Contrast this with what happened in the U.K. At the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1990s, the HIV infection rate in IV drug users in the U.K. was about 1%. In New York City, the American epicenter, that figure was 50%. The British had introduced widespread needle exchange in 1986. That country had no heterosexual AIDS epidemic.” YearsCountryStatesCitiesHappenedFiguresNew YorkDrugProgramRateSpreadBritishAidsWarriorOppositionNew York CityContrastUsersAddictIntroductionFundingHivNeedlesBansEpidemicsWar On DrugsInfectionDelayedAids Epidemic Author:Maia Szalavitz