A TORY REVIVAL?

Yes, the British Conservatives have finally decided to campaign as a lower-tax party. Halleluia. The notion that all government spending is good is buried deep in the British psyche – and nurtured by that statist creation, the BBC. But it can be challenged. And if the Tories are ever to regain the political initiative, cutting taxes on the poor and streamlining government will be their path back to power.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Look, the truth cannot be offensive. Perhaps the hypothesis is wrong, but how would we ever find out whether it is wrong if it is ‘offensive’ even to consider it? People who storm out of a meeting at the mention of a hypothesis, or declare it taboo or offensive without providing arguments or evidence, don’t get the concept of a university or free inquiry.” – Steven Pinker. (Hat tip: Jonah).