LIMBO — As I watch the U.S. coverage of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford’s fall from grace, I wonder at the role that religion plays in American politics. And, what role religious homogeneity plays in that nation’s ascendancy as a super power.
Without doubt, the U.S. is a superpower. Somewhat less clear, is whether this superpowerdom […]
LIMBO — So what?
I mean, really. So, what?
You’d think the Earth had stopped spinning on its axis, if all you had access to was American “news” media. Note that I put quotation marks around “news” because there’s not much news on American “news.”
As soon as rumours began circulating about Michael Jackson’s death, all the major […]
LIMBO — If you’re trying to eat healthy (”healthfully” just sounds like a mouthful and I’m trying to cut back) then consider this lesson I recently learned in an American-owned fast food restaurant:
If everyone eating in the restaurant is fat, eat someplace else.
The simple rules are, so often, the best.
CAIRO – Just a very quick post to comment on a brief moment, well in fact about five minutes, of unusual oddness. Not to be confused with run-of-the-mill oddness, mind you, which abounds in my circles these days.
As I returned to my hotel room, the message light was flashing on the telephone. This, on its […]