Category Archives: USA

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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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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Pleasure and money

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 October 2012 KNOWING THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING BUT THE VALUE OF NOTHING “Once man believed … Continue reading

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Torture “now routine”

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 October 2012 It is becoming increasingly evident that torture is now routinely used by the … Continue reading

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Silver spoon

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.  17 October 2012 “I’m not here to defend privilege, I’m here to spread it.” That’s what … Continue reading

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