Rant of the day

OFF ON HOLIDAY Tomorrow morning I am off to the U.K. for my annual walking holiday in the Lake District . After so many years of good weat...

THE FRENCH OPEN Tennis is a great sport to watch on television. One reason is that the court fits almost exactly into a rectangular televi...

KYSSEPIGER Under my influence, my daughter is getting interested in cycling. It helps that my prediction of Contador to win the Giro (now ...

HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA (3) If anyone doubted that healthcare in the U.S. is a big political issue, then the results of this week's cong...

BOB DYLAN Bob Dylan is 70 today. Born Robert Zimmerman in Minnesota, he became one of the most influential songwriters ever, and is still ...

STATESMANSHIP Statesmanship is, in my view, one of those things that is very difficult to define, but you know it when you see it. Two v...

STRONG BELIEFS I have nothing against people having strong beliefs. Quite the contrary; I have a fair few myself, and they appear regularl...