Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Et alors?

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 November 2012 The United States is voting today to elect a new president. There are … Continue reading

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Manufacturing output plummets in Eurozone

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 November 2012 Manufacturing in the 17-state Eurozone fell for the eighth month in a row … Continue reading

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Sandy (2)

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 November 2012 DEPENDS WHERE YOU LIVE The following letter from Peter McKenna in Liverpool was … Continue reading

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Sandy (1)

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 November 2012 LET’S HEAR IT FOR BIG GOVERNMENT The following letter from Paul Hewitson in … Continue reading

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A plague o’ both your houses!

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 November 2012 AMERICA DESERVES BETTER Next Tuesday 6 November 2012 voters in the United States … Continue reading

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Chiaroscuro

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.  31 October 2012 Question:   Hospital power systems failed in New York yesterday during super-storm “Sandy” but … Continue reading

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Alas for Bharat!

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.  30 October 2012 Alas for Bharat! The rightwing free-market government of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh … Continue reading

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Calvin lives

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.  26 October 2012 Definition of Puritanism by US critic and wit Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956): “the … Continue reading

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Law and order

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.  25 October 2012 “IF YOU BREAK THE LAW, YOU CANNOT MAKE THE LAW” Politicians of all … Continue reading

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Milan and McDonald’s: an oxymoron

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.  24 October 2012  TURNED OUT THEY WASN’T LOVIN’ IT AFTER ALL! In these grey lacklustre downbeat … Continue reading

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