England - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/england/?source=rss&aim=england en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT The Wingnut explains why socialized healthcare sucks By Glenallen Walken Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/18/wingnut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/18/wingnut/index.html?source=rss Our undercover conservative answers a tough question: If socialized medicine is so awful, how come no country that's adopted nationalized healthcare has ever gotten rid of it? At home with dad By Amy Benfer Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/04/02/paternity_leave/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/04/02/paternity_leave/index.html?source=rss England encourages more men to take paternity leave. Take me out to old Blighty By King Kaufman Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/17/england/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/17/england/index.html?source=rss News item: 1755 diary mentions baseball in England. That's nice, but we already had a 1744 reference. Not to mention David Wells. TV without borders By Logan Scherer Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/week/2008/09/04/international_chart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/week/2008/09/04/international_chart/index.html?source=rss A guide to classic American shows born overseas. The sad case of the wiggly chapati By Andrew Leonard Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/20/curry_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/20/curry_immigration/index.html?source=rss Will a change in U.K. immigration laws doom the most savory relic of the British Empire? "Honeypots" need not apply By Lynn Harris Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/23/m16_women/index.html?source=rss British spy agency is on the hunt for female, minority applicants. Quote of the day: Backlash U.K. By Lynn Harris Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/02/backlash_uk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/02/backlash_uk/index.html?source=rss The Guardian details an "all-out assault" on feminism. King Kaufman's Sports Daily By King Kaufman Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/02/11/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/02/11/monday/index.html?source=rss English soccer fans angry about proposed offshoring of their national game. Quaint. But we could learn from them. What ever happened to Britpop? By Simon Reynolds Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2007/12/08/britbox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2007/12/08/britbox/index.html?source=rss "The Brit Box" evokes an era of pale, sensitive, eyelinered boys -- and the Anglophiles who loved them. The divine sound of silence By Kevin Berger Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/22/no_music_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/22/no_music_day/index.html?source=rss Britain's No Music Day offers a welcome hush over a noisy world. It can't come to America soon enough. Rudy's bogus healthcare stats By Joe Conason Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/02/healthcare_lies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/02/healthcare_lies/index.html?source=rss Giuliani claims he might not have survived prostate cancer under "socialized medicine," yet he was covered by a government-provided plan. "She liked to dress provocatively" By Lynn Harris Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/27/julian_hall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/27/julian_hall/index.html?source=rss U.K. judge slammed for lenient sentence of a child rapist. The impertinent prince By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/10/queen_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/10/queen_bush/index.html?source=rss Bush plays naughty boy to the queen at his not-so-royal state dinner. But all those white ties couldn't hide his low poll numbers. George Tenet, spook for all seasons By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/03/george_tenet/index.html?source=rss The former CIA chief seems strangely oblivious that his self-serving defense is shredding the remains of his reputation. Irish teen takes abortion case to Supreme Court By Lynn Harris Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/02/irish_abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/02/irish_abortion/index.html?source=rss "Miss D" pleads for the right to end a doomed pregnancy -- in England. At her majesty's pleasure By Peter Kurth Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/01/wormwood_scrubs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/01/wormwood_scrubs/index.html?source=rss After a nightmare flight from New York to London, I was thrown into a Victorian hellhole of a prison alongside drug smugglers and rapists. This is my story. "Oh it's the Santa Claus race" By David Puner Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/elsewhere/2006/12/22/santa_claus_race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/elsewhere/2006/12/22/santa_claus_race/index.html?source=rss You've seen one, you've seen them all. Diana's last days By Andrew Brown Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/14/diana_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/14/diana_report/index.html?source=rss The rumors swirling around Princess Diana's death were nonsense. But after her celebrity, the royal family, and England, will never be the same. Media feeds on killing spree By Carol Lloyd Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/14/killings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/14/killings/index.html?source=rss Five women have been killed in Suffolk County, England, and news outlets can't get enough. Bond, by the book By Allen Barra Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/11/25/fleming/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/11/25/fleming/index.html?source=rss With the release of "Casino Royale," I read Ian Fleming's classic Bond novels again and discovered a talented spy who was "just like us" and a writer devoted to pleasure. Bloody good food By Adam Roberts Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/10/31/nigel_slater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/10/31/nigel_slater/index.html?source=rss Nigel Slater, England's favorite food writer, chats about his new cookbook, British food's bum rap, and the future of fish and chips. "Arthur & George" By Laura Miller Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/02/01/barnes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/02/01/barnes/index.html?source=rss Drawing on a true story about Sherlock Holmes' creator and disemboweled farm animals, Julian Barnes delivers his most substantial novel. Britain's Bush clone By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/12/15/david_cameron/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/12/15/david_cameron/index.html?source=rss New Tory leader David Cameron is imitating Bush's campaign -- even claiming to be a "compassionate conservative." Fantastic friends By Laura Miller Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/10/08/gaiman_clarke/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/10/08/gaiman_clarke/index.html?source=rss Bestselling writers Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke talk with Salon about fairies, folk tales and fighting the tyranny of realism. Is it OK to shoot a suspected terrorist in the head? By Andrew Brown Mon, 18 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/07/british_police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/07/british_police/index.html?source=rss Britons debate a post-9/11 police policy that led to the killing of an innocent man.