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
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 .
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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.
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.
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For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.
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Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.
media israel outlets
Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel.
mistake promise trying
I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain.