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A Modest Proposal: More Drugs in the Olympics

By Stephen Masty|2014-01-13T21:30:48-06:00August 11th, 2012|Categories: Olympics, Stephen Masty|

Hosting the 2012 London Olympics is estimated to cost UK 14 billion (US 21.9 billion), up from the initial 2005 bid estimate of UK 2.37 billion (US 3.7 billion). This comes when the UK government budget is still growing, albeit more slowly, and the state fires soldiers and slows local garbage collection while protecting its [...]

British Culture: The Olympic Bomb

By Bruce Frohnen|2014-12-30T18:08:33-06:00July 28th, 2012|Categories: Bruce Frohnen, Culture, Olympics|

Anyone harboring concerns over the state of British culture should have had their fears laid to rest by the London Olympics’ opening ceremonies. British culture is well and truly dead. From the “signing” choir that could hardly sing, to the parade of “notable” left-wing figures carrying the flag around the stadium, the mish-mash of bad [...]