The Future of Health Care Is Local
At a Zócalo/Arizona State University event at Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden, Sir Malcolm Grant, the chairman of NHS England, explains how his system is experimenting with pushing funding to regions.
England
The U.K. Has Already Opted Out of the ‘Ever Closer Union’ With Europe
But the British May Yet Remain in an EU That Is More Democratic and Stops Obsessing About the Single Currency
On June 23, British citizens will be asked, “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”
On the surface, this would seem to …
How Fashion Overcame the Transatlantic Divide
Celebrities Erased National Differences in Women's Style, but American Men Still Refuse to Dress With British Sophistication
An American woman I know in London recently posted on Facebook about being grateful to be out of the country during the current presidential election. That prompted a feisty response …
Does the British Empire Still Have a Grip on America?
From the Coins We Count to the Democracy We Practice, the Mother Country’s Influence Is Holding Strong in Our Demographic Whirlpool
In 1776, on the brink of his first battle with British troops after America declared independence, George Washington gave a spirited defense of breaking from British rule. “The fate of …
Ben Franklin Was One-Fifth Revolutionary, Four-Fifths London Intellectual
The Enterprising Philadelphian Was a Longtime Royalist and a Late-Blooming Rebel Who Infused the American Project with English Ideals
Two hundred and fifty years ago, in February 1766, Benjamin Franklin, the most famous American in London, addressed the British House of Commons. His aim, which he achieved triumphantly, was …
Can Rain Hold Us Hostage?
I Barely Made It Through England's Wettest Year. Now El Niño Looms Over My California Dream.
We’ve bought sand bags at Home Depot, installed new gutters, and patched up the roof of our house in Los Angeles. We’ve asked a plumber to check our industrial-grade sump …
