Ok, slight break from our non stop election coverage. As an Englishman, drinking cups of tea is akin to practicing religion - we do it daily and with the utmost care over the historic ritual (tea bags must be placed into boiling water, not warm water, and the tea must brew for ...read more

As the relatively small number of Occupy Wall St protesters brave the cold and rain in the name of income equality and social justice, millions of Americans have been waiting in line at shopping malls through the night in order to rack up their credit card bills to buy cut ...read more

Chez Pazienza on the complex motivations behind the riots in the UK: You'd have to be blind or willfully ignorant not to grasp that when you create a staggering disparity between a large underclass and a small upper-class -- with only a dwindling middle-class in between to ...read more

I spoke to RT's Kristine Frazao yesterday about the London riots and gave my thoughts on the social problems facing the UK's teenage generation: Tragically the riots have spread to other cities around the UK with violence and lawlessness rivalling that of the capital. More ...read more

Not good news from the UK capitol. From the Independent: A young man shot in his car during last night's "unprecedented" rioting died today. A murder hunt was launched as police announced that the 26-year-old victim had died after being admitted to hospital. He was discovered ...read more