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The United States is more powerful than any country in history I hear this kind of blanket profundity a lot these days. But isn’t it just yet another example of the persistent narcissistic tendency...

What do you know, there *is* free WiFi access in Washington Square Park!

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This is right up there with ‘we had to destroy the village in order to save it‘. Some rebels blow up a US vehicle in Baghdad. Afterwards, some pretty desperate people are swarming over...

I wish I got sweets every time I had a poo.

SO it was my first day back in school. In the 500-odd freshie Chemistry class this morning I was the oldest person by far. I bet they thought I was working for “The Man”....

So I read that peace has broken out in Iraq. Colin Powell, of course, is claiming that the tactically-effective-yet-politically-counter-productive warfare seige by US troops was the clincher. This is far from a victory, however,...

Finally moved into our little apartment in New York. After several months on the road and effectively homeless migrants, this comes as a great relief. Driving a huge U-Haul truck round and round Manhattan...

I recall reading Asterix in Britain, where the Romans managed to conquer England, apparently, by the clever strategy of only attacking the Britons while they were taking tea. Imagine my surprise, then, when I...