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Fertile Crescent
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 December 2012 ISRAEL AND PALESTINE “I think that people want peace so much that one … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Israel, Palestine, UK, UN, USA
Tagged Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nakba, UN admission of Palestine
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How the market economy works
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 December 2012 As it does from time to time, Antigone1984 today draws readers’ attention to the … Continue reading
Posted in France, Japan, Korea, Netherlands
Tagged Panasonic, Philips, price-fixing, Samsung, Taiwan, Technicolor, Toshiba
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Cartesian odyssey
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 December 2012 TRAVELLING MAN “Je voyage, donc je suis” “Il est bon de savoir quelque … Continue reading
Posted in France, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged Discours de la méthode, je pense donc je suis, odyssey, René Descartes, Stockholm
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Evidence-based forecast
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 December 2012 Cold winter ahead? That’s what folks were wondering. It’s late autumn … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Tagged American Indians, cold weather, meteorology, South Dakota, winter
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“To be, or not to be”
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 December 2012 A DILEMMA The historic industrial metropolis of Newcastle upon Tyne (population around 280 … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, UK
Tagged Geordies, Lee Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nick Forbes, Pons Aelius, Roman Emperor Hadrian
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Like a fish needs a bicycle
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. Paris, 1 December 2012 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Put out the bunting! It’s what we’ve all been … Continue reading
Posted in France, USA
Tagged Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, burger, fast food, globalisation, greasy spoon, haute cuisine, Le Monde, wonga
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Genuflection
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. Paris, 30 November 2012 Plaque spotted today on a wall next to the rue Mouffetard in … Continue reading
Dulce domum
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. 29 November 2012 NO CURVES, THANK YOU, WE’RE BRITISH! Lots of people throughout the world are … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, UK
Tagged brownfield sites, greenbelt, Michael Gove, Nick Boles, nimbies
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Perfidious Albion
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. 28 November 2012 PALESTINE, THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE BALFOUR DECLARATION Tomorrow Thursday 29 November 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Palestine, UK, UN, USA
Tagged Balfour Declaration, Jenny Tonge, Leslie Turnberg, Walter Rothschild, William Hague
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Not a human jungle
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. 27 November 2012 The city is not a human jungle, it is a human zoo. Desmond … Continue reading