This is an extraordinarily significant time in several ways. Virtually everyone knows about Covid-19. However, that’s not the only thing going on. And, for some, the recent non-pandemic news is not all bad. Europe and Asia On December 13, … [Read more...]
October 29, 2020 — Two Weeks in History
While America’s eyes have been laser focused on its 2020 national election campaign, significant events have occurred elsewhere. Look what has happened the last couple of weeks of October. Middle East On October 23rd, Sudan became the third … [Read more...]
September 01, 2020— Coinage No More?
One trend that is slowly sneaking up on us is the move toward a cashless society. It has some very attractive aspects and is already much more of a reality than many of us realize. Credit or debit cards, online and mobile banking, Tesco Pay+, … [Read more...]
August 18, 2020 — Britain’s Current Troubles
On May 7, 2020, CNN posted an article with the headline, “The UK economy is heading for its worst crash in 300 years”. CNN stated a recent forecast from the Bank of England indicated it could happen. “The central bank said Thursday that the … [Read more...]
December 13, 2019 – UK Vote Affects Brexit
UK’s Parliament continued to not ratify the Brexit agreement, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally got his wish for a snap national election. UK’s citizens went to the polls on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Early that day, the New York … [Read more...]
September 11, 2019 — Surprise German Election
In early September Germany elected it’s first neo-Nazi mayor, Stefan Jagsch. Sure, the town is very small and there were no other candidates. But many Germans were quite concerned anyway — given the stunning rise to power by Hitler and his Nazi’s … [Read more...]
September 4, 2019 — More Brexit Drama
The decision of the UK to leave the EU has already cost the job of two prime ministers in roughly 3 years, David Cameron and Theresa May. And mere days after Boris Johnson became number three, his tenure as UK’s prime minister was already in … [Read more...]
September 4, 2019 — More Brexit Drama
The decision of the UK to leave the EU has already cost the job of two prime ministers in roughly 3 years, David Cameron and Theresa May. And mere days after Boris Johnson became number three, his tenure as UK’s prime minister was already in … [Read more...]
June 02, 2019 – EU Parliamentary Elections
A total of 28 countries across the European Union went to the polls on Sunday May 26th. Both strong pro-Europe and nationalist parties made gains while the traditional center-left and center right parties saw their numbers drop again. What … [Read more...]
March 22, 2019 — Brexit or Brake It Part Three
The sand in the Brexit hour glass has almost run out. Or has it? A couple of years ago, UK’s parliament quickly agreed to invoke Article 50 for her to leave the EU. However, as has been said before, “the devil is in the details”. Many in both the … [Read more...]
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