Eyewitness report when the bullets changed from plastic to live rounds: ‘‘But then, as I was standing round the corner, someone said they were firing live rounds, so I wasn’t too keen to come around again. They were just firing…
Category: Human issues
ethical issues and human interest stories
Spilt my coffee
Courtesy Jams: Courtesy he who must never be named: 2010 Big Rock Beer
Sunday
You obviously have your own Sunday routines – getting over that hangover, making your way home, reading the Sunday papers, going for that stroll, whatever. I tend to check in for a conversation with my Maker, then get to the…
Spin and auto-denial
You’ve probably already read it: The Bank for International Settlements does not mince words. Sovereign debt is already starting to cross the danger threshold in the United States, Japan, Britain, and most of Western Europe, threatening to set off a…
Katyn
Hmmmmmm … Condolences to all and remembrance of those in the past as well.
Ужас! Чё такое?
Mind boggles. The cultural difference between Russia and the U.S. is so pronounced that the very idea of adopting a Russian child in the U.S. is … well … mindboggling. A 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was…
Civil service or dole queue?
Cherie has this at the moment: The imposition of competition and markets in the public sector means driving a wedge between client and contractor roles and usually results in the restriction of in-house delivery.