Life
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An Age Of Innocence.
Summer is the time for children to be out and exploring, while they are still innocent of the machinations and dark ways of the world and its people. Parents enjoying an ice cream with their children, talking about what they see and what they know, and protecting against a small dog which had been loudly yapping at the child's feet.
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What’s The Story?
Standing at a distance, but seeing them close-up, I always wonder: what's the fascination in this little box of technology? Why is it the one thing everyone seems to have, and to spend more time with than anything else?
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The Finer Things In Life
The best of the summer sun, although we have had a few deluges of rain in the last week or two, and people are out about the town, enjoying their midday break with a sandwich, a coffee, or a full meal.
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Looking For a Hero
It is going to take a long time for constitutional lawyers to work through the 6-3 Supreme Court judgement handed down yesterday, but one thing is sure: the decision of the six judges giving the President of the United States, regardless of who it may be, immunity from many actions otherwise illegal, will have far-reaching consequences. Those consequences do not remain within the borders of the United States, but have far wider implications: if the President cannot be prosecute for actions taken which might be loosely termed as National Security, the ramifications for other high officials and their countries disagreeing with the corporate, capitalist, nationalist values of the USA becomes…
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Bremen: High In The Sky
Not all of the exciting things happen at ground level. Now and then there is a little spectacle up in he skies: a special sunset; a formation of clouds; a beautiful building reaching up into the sky; Superman flying past or, in this case, a set of trapeze artists walking the high wires between the tallest buildings around the Domplatz and Marktplatz in the centre of Bremen.
