America the Insular

The USA is remarkably large. And because of that it is sometimes remarkably deaf to what the rest of the world is up to.
Reading the Guardian.co.uk today I noticed that the British government has just implemented a scheme to replace inefficient gas boilers in many homes, and has done so complete with subsidies. [...]

The New Year

It’s the traditional greeting - Happy New Year! And very lovely it is too.
Yet it does demand we take it seriously. We tend to say ‘I hope you have a Happy New Year’ which seems to suggest that happiness comes from elsewhere and may, or may not, alight upon you this year if only [...]