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Barack Obama’s Win

I didn’t think I would live to see the day that the United States of America would vote an Africa-American president into power.

Long Hot Summer

Yes, it’s going to be one long hot summer for Italy’s tanned prime minister. At the moment he’s trying to fend off an embarassingly official

The UK is Sicker than Italy

Over on Man of Roma’s thoughtful blog, I made a bold statement. What I said is that the UK is in a greater state of decline than Italy.

The World Goes Phut!

‘Phut’ is a lovely onomatopoeic little word, and, if you believe the conCERNs of some people, this is what could happen if the whizzy new

Jeff Healey 1966 – 2008

I was saddened to hear about the passing away of Jeff Healey today.  If you did not know he was a talented Canadian blues-rock guitarist, singer,

Pervez Kambakhsh – Safe

Pervez Kambakhsh, 23, from Afghanistan had been sentenced to death. His crime? He had downloaded an article from a blog that questioned the Koran’s attitude