Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Big Mac

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 April 2012 SHOWCASED FOOD Commenting on measures being adopted to ensure food and drink hygiene … Continue reading

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Crocodile tears

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 April 2012 SYRIA The foot-dragging over what to do about Syria continues in diplomatic circles … Continue reading

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Big Brother

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 April 2012 ORWELL Today, 2 April 2012,  the print edition of the Guardian newspaper … Continue reading

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Mad Men

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 April 2012 MADISON AVENUE A reader has drawn to our attention the shocking fact that … Continue reading

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Cherry blossom

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 March 2012 Cherry blossom, haikus and the temples of Kyoto – this is the stereotypical … Continue reading

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Columbus

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 March 2012 Pity about Columbus. ————–  You might perhaps care to view some of … Continue reading

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EU waves white flag

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 March 2012 EUROPE CAVES IN TO AMERICA In their never-ceasing quest for more and more … Continue reading

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Paradox

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 March 2012 There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for. Albert … Continue reading

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Hard work

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.    23 March 2012 When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, … Continue reading

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We’re all in this together

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.    22 March 2012  UK BUDGET: ENRICHING THE RICH AND STUFFING THE POOR The UK’s right-wing … Continue reading

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