Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Back to them good ol’ days

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.  13 July 2013 THE FUTURE IS IN THE PAST As we compose this post on our … Continue reading

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Why bother?

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.  12 July 2013 “My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no … Continue reading

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A smoking gun

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.  11 July 2013 Talk about a smoking gun! As we suggested on 5 July 2013 in … Continue reading

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Slumming it for Jesus

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.  10 July 2013 Let’s hear it for Jorge Mario Bergoglio! Who he? Well, that is in … Continue reading

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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!

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.  6 July 2013 “Another struggle has been the struggle to keep the value of a local … Continue reading

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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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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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