Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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

Posted in Europe, France, Germany, UK, USA | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Justice, Politics, USA | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Food for thought

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 May 2013 The scams to which the free market will stoop to turn a fast … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, France, UK, USA | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Conviction politics

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 May 2013 One definition of insanity is to continue to believe in stuff even when … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Politics, UK | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Those pesky natives

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 May 2013 …the colonists say that the natives want to go too quickly in their … Continue reading

Posted in Algeria, France, Politics, Revolution | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Greening of America

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 May 2013 Older people are inclined to think of work, injustice and war, and of … Continue reading

Posted in Politics, Revolution, USA | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Those were the 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.  6 May 2013 Be realistic: demand the impossible. Slogan of moderate student demonstrators in the Golden … Continue reading

Posted in France, Politics, Revolution, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Machiavelli

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 May 2013 Chi fonda in sul populo, fonda in sul fango. He who builds on … Continue reading

Posted in Italy, Politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Big tent

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.  18 April 2013 Those who are not against us are with us. János Kádár (1956-1988). General … Continue reading

Posted in Hungary, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Boston massacre

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.  16 April 2013 DOUBLE STANDARDS Three people, including a child, were murdered and more than 150 … Continue reading

Posted in Afghanistan, Military, Pakistan, USA | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment