Monthly Archives: July 2013

Hunted whistleblower gets gong

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  9 July 2013 The prestigious Sam Adams Award was accorded yesterday 8 July 2013 to Edward … Continue reading

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Snake oil from faith healer

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  8 July 2013 Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, British Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, is famous … Continue reading

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No, Mr ElBaradei, no!

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  7 July 2013 The international diplomat and Egyptian politician, Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei, has played a commendably … Continue reading

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Vive la différence!

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The pachyderm in the pyramid

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  5 July 2013 In his “Poetics” Aristotle said that the unexpected has a tendency to occur. … Continue reading

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Smarts v. Fancy

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  4 July 2013 “Brains are not all; brains, as a critic has recently pointed out with … Continue reading

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Dark satanic mills

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  3 July 2013 ART AND POLITICS The English painter, L. S.  Lowry, is famous for his … Continue reading

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I spy with my little eye…

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  2 July 2013 PARTURIUNT MONTES, NASCITUR RIDICULUS MUS There’s an old saying that goes “Don’t believe … Continue reading

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Guantanobama

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  1 July 2013   GUANTANOBAMA VISITS AFRICA US President “Guantanobama” is in Africa. Great stuff. His … Continue reading

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