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November 13, 2013
MORTALITY
Call me morbid…. …if you like, but when November arrives, I, like many people, start thinking about the year’s demise. All around us, nature is delivering the same message, telling us it’s time to go inside, build a fire, eat … Continue reading →
October 27, 2013
Spying on Friends
Just a quick comment here as outside my cozy study, autumn whips itself into a frenzy. It’s a shame the Americans don’t know exactly who their friends are. Spying on Angela, Francois and co, shows that data is collected for … Continue reading →
October 19, 2013
Washington, Rome, Berlin: High-Stake Poker Games
I knew if I waited long enough, the world would sort itself out without me needing to waste my time and energy getting all hot and bothered about US, Italian and German politics. But the poker games underway still have … Continue reading →
September 25, 2013
All Change Partners!
Time for Coalition Negotiations – Courting the Opposition Those boring German elections turned out just about as expected. Except that the complete failure of the Liberal FDP to make the 5% hurdle to enter the Bundestag came as a shock … Continue reading →
September 22, 2013
HO-HUM ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY
Today is election day in Germany. and the newspapers have universally declared this to have been a boring campaign. I personally find that refreshing. Quite honestly, boring is better than the hyperbole and mud-slinging of US elections. Are UK … Continue reading →
August 29, 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream
Beyond the breaking news that the US is close to intervening in Syria, the country is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, August 28th 1963. Yesterday a commemorative gathering was held on the Mall, before the Lincoln … Continue reading →
August 27, 2013
Italian Politics – And the Beat Goes On and On….
I do apologize for blogging two days in a row, but my expat friend and Italy expert Nic Mudie stuck this piece in as a comment on a post. So thought I’d better put it where it belongs. Here’s a … Continue reading →
August 26, 2013
Buffalo, New York – Armpit of the East?
Today your intrepid blogger is checking in with you from her hometown, Buffalo, New York. Situated on Lake Erie, Buffalo was once home to prosperous steel, car and flour milling industries. It succumbed to the changing fortunes of those manufacturers, … Continue reading →
August 13, 2013
The Wall – Anti-Semitic?
Just a quickie here to comment on the concert critique published in our regional rag, The Wiesbadener Kurier. The author was not at all taken by Roger Waters’ opinions as presented in his rock opera. The critic judged it to … Continue reading →
August 10, 2013
THE WALL – ROGER WATERS IN FRANKFURT
All week the radio stations hyped the event. Last night it happened: Roger Waters and his crew staged a magnificent performance of THE WALL. The music was as powerful as when first released in 1979. Live performances of the full-blown … Continue reading →
