The Surnames of London
Knowing my love of daft maps which show the world in fresh and different lights, one of the subscribers to …
Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Top Ten US Presidents – a British View
“First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of our countrymen” There are any number of polls in …
Barack The Comic Book Character
Doing a blog really does lead one down otherwise neglected by-ways of a nations mind. A while back I noted …
Steampunk Palin
James at PoliticalDog101 has drawn my attention to the fact that Comics Alliance have made Sarah the subject of her …
A Long Way Still To Go
Statehouse, Columbia, South Carolina, Monday 17th January 2011 The picture above is from the annual observance of Martin Luther King Day …
America and India : Oligarchical Democracies
Throughout the time I have been writing this blog I have pressed the idea that America is not so …
Blood Libel and Palin’s Run
It’s all about me, it’s always about me I had left the blog alone for the week-end, partly because I …
Palin’s “Blood Libel” Speech
This is from Josh Marshall’s TalkingPoints Memo site:- “Today has been set aside to honor the victims of the Tucson …
America Is A Violent Society
What happened in Tucson this weekend has rightly shocked and horrified many of us. The papers, and the blogosphere are …
It’s Been A Good Month for the Daley Family
Picture White House It’s definitely been a good month for the Daley family of Chicago. December saw Richard Michael Daley, …
