Mario Vargas Llosa: Las guerras del fin del mundo

Sun 11/01/2015

Going back over Peruvian writer’s, Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa opinion piece in El Pais in Sept 2014 about democracy under attack from the new barbarians, I noticed that, unfortunately, he was being excessively […]

FP: Je Suis Charlie (Until Je Get Scared)

Sat 10/01/2015

Micheal Weiss in Foreign Policy: Je Suis Charlie (Until Je Get Scared) Michael Weiss gets it about right, except that he should mention that Charlie Hebdo published regularly much fiercer cartoons lampooning Christians or Jews. Not […]

Whitewash these bloodstains, hurry up

Thu 08/01/2015

Whenever there is an outrage,  you can count on this kind of news story, social media post or comment: 1. Whitewashers and conspiracy theorists who claim that the victims shot themselves to frame their attackers […]

Fujifilm X-T1 – great little camera

Thu 11/12/2014

After much reflection I have gone ahead and bought a Fujifilm X-T1. I have just taken possession of my new camera – very nice, but don’t expect to use it with an iPhone if you value […]

Krugman: Being Bad Europeans – NYTimes.com

Wed 03/12/2014

David Krugman: Being Bad Europeans – NYTimes.com One of the fathers of the euro, Romano Prodi, says clearly that the euro was only a step towards further political integration. The fact that the process was frozen […]

One Europe: Russia’s imports from Europe

Sat 20/09/2014

One Europe asks the question: “This infographic shows the top European export products in Russia. The recent sanctions targeted mostly the agricultural sector in Europe and led to the rapid growth of food prices in Russia. If […]

Renzi e l’eccesso di comunicazione

Sun 14/09/2014

Si sentono lamentele, soprattutto dalla sinistra, che Renzi é troppo presente da tutte le parti, che si vede troppo, comunica troppo. Non é quello che ci hanno detto gli elettori italiani, quando hanno votato Berlusconi […]

Europe and Middle East

Thu 11/09/2014

Nearly all Europeans had every reason to continue reprisals and revenge, after the end of WWII in 1945. Instead, with few exceptions, people got busy rebuilding their life, getting back to normality as far as […]

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