[Hacklehead]

I find it troubling that VDH is now using the politically correct B.C.E. rather than B.C. to denote the historical era. This is how the leftists win. A bunch of looney nobodys decide that BC is insensitive to non-Christians” and come-up with BCE to replace it. Rather than fighting to maintain the traditional BC, conservatives go along, insuring a victory for the PC/anti-Chrisitans.

[Cronos]

And why, in contrast, were the British so much more successful than almost all other invaders at turning initial conquests into centuries-long colonies and later outposts of British culture and tradition?

The ones who were much more successful in modern times were the Spanish,the Portuguese and to some extent I guess the Moscovites