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Idealist at heart
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If idealism has a zip code, it must be NC 28202. Thousands of volunteers are gathering there this week dedicating their time and enthusiasm to make the 2012 Democratic National Convention a success. For most it is a singular experience. Some have tra...
About cobwebs and new beginnings
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I admit it has been a while. It has been a very long time. After two years of lying dormant in the back of my mind, covered in piles of dust and cobwebs, I decided to revive this blog from its comatose state of being. It’s only fitting to do it...
Anything she can do, I can do better
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I had planned to write a long post on women’s rights and equality today, addressing criticisms of quotas and gender balance issues that have filled the (must-read) blogs of my friends Chaos Theory and Yozzman. That post will be written at some...
To know us is to love us….
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When I was a kid, many many moons ago, I used to love hearing my gran talk about the war. The occasions were rare as she was not fond of the topic and her tales were usually cautionary in nature yet I kept begging for more. One of my favourites was t...
Three is a crowd…
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In an ideal EU – let’s follow Churchill’s lead and call it the United States of Europe – petty little squabbles about national interests and invisible job quotas wouldn’t matter. We would all rise and shine, pledge alleg...
The Belgians
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Contrary to what my previous post may have alluded you to think, I’m not Dutch. My passport is issued by the quaint, less organised, little country to the South. Home to the brave, Ceasar called it. Sadly we have lost that epithet a long time a...
There is a first for everything
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*deep sigh* …..Here goes, my first blog post. It has taken me a long time to actually start writing a blog. Do not get me wrong, I have started many blogs. In fact, before you stands the master of all blog starters and this since 2005. But, a...
