In our first edition of 2007 we continue talking to Andrew Roberts. He picks up with Tom Paine talking about the History of the English Speaking Peoples of the World since 1900 and his new book on the subject. This is part two of a two part interview. You can find part one here.

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In our first edition of 2007 we continue talking to Andrew Roberts. He picks up with Tom Paine talking about the History of the English Speaking Peoples of the World since 1900 and his new book on the subject. This is part two of a two part interview. You can find part one here.

For more details on the deplorable BBC reporting from Somalia you can go to the Biased BBC Blog. Despicable BBC stuff.

You can find a lot more about Stuck Mojo and their song and video Open Season. A good place to start is the band's own website here. Guitarist and writer, Rich Ward, writes here.

Hot Air provided the links to the goings on at the Wall Street Journal here.

WalMart not folding can be found here.

Consider this your wake up call for as George Orwell once wrote we are all sleeping the

deep, deep sleep of England, from which I sometimes fear that we shall never wake till we are jerked out of it by the roar of bombs.

Meryl Yourish will be back soon.

Damian Penny will be back soon.

Laurence Simon is talking about Martin Luther King day.

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