Conrad Black
Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSGis a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher and author. He is a non-affiliated life peer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth25 August 1944
wealth chiefs
Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.
christian world atrocities
Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians.
facts exaggerated watergate
The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.
soul republic eating
The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone.
believe government essence
There can be no return to prosperity while the government (of Ontario) believes that taking money from the people who have earned it and giving it away to the people who haven't, in exchange for their votes and regardless of merit, is the essence of fairness.
biblical wealthy has-beens
Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned.
greed opinion has-beens
Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated - unfairly so, in my opinion.
fads governance corporate
Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots
The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism.
successful media operators
Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.
powerful exercise men
While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority group member, most would be terrified to exercise the same discretion for someone politically, financially or socially powerful.
ambition people trying
We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them to the highest standards we can .
doe natural produce
The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly against the volume of such emissions.
hypocrite government people
The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes.