anglospherics

OUR LAND:

The Land Was Ours Before We Were the Land's (BENJAMIN LYTAL, June 15, 2007, NY Sun) A history of America concerning its land, gained in war and diplomacy, would not in itself be a remarkable thing....

RICH ARE DIFFERENT FILES:

The gentlemen's club for the rich and famous that worships a 1980s Page 3 girl (SHARON CHURCHER in New York and ALAN RIMMER in London, 9th June 2007, Daily Mail) A former British topless model has...

GONNA NEED MORE PLUMBERS:

Migrants push birth rate to highest in decades (Nicole Martin 09/06/2007, Daily Telegraph) The birth rate has soared to a 26-year high because of a surge in immigration, experts said...

MEDINA JUST NEEDS TO APE PHILADELPHIA:

Between Jerusalem and Athens, a Muslim 'third way' (Dalia Mogahed, June 07, 2007, Lebanon Daily Star) One of the foremost experts on what he refers to as Islamic democracy, Noah Feldman, explains in...

NO IRRITANT, NO PEARLS:

'The irritant label has stuck. I think it's fantastic': Richard Littlejohn doesn't like gay adoption, but he doesn't like hanging either. And, as Bill Hagerty reveals in a remarkable interview, it's...

LONG WAY TO GO FOR A CUP OF SUGAR...:

Rescued at sea - by the neighbour he'd never met (Cahal Milmo, 18 May 2007, Independent) For most neighbours their first meeting is over the garden fence or while washing the car. Few get to make...

I, FOR ONE, INTEND TO GO TO BED BY THE LIGHT OF AN ANGLOSPHERIC MOON:

'Space ties with India, a win-win situation' (Times of India, 15 May, 2007) Senior officials of the NASA and scientists have told American law makers that there is a lot of merit in increasing...

HOW HASTE MADE WASTE:

An anchor in our sea of change (Jerry Large, 5/10/07, Seattle Times) I've written about aspects of it, but Queen Elizabeth's U.S. visit this week helped me put it into perspective, temporarily. What...

MAGGIE WINS AGAIN:

EU shelves ban on imperial measures (Press Association, May 9, 2007) Campaigners fighting EU plans to abolish imperial measures have claimed a victory for pounds and ounces. A deadline of 2009...

KISSING COUSINS:

How will Brown get on with Bush? (Con Coughlin, 09/05/2007, Daily Telegraph) When Gordon Brown finally takes up official residence at Number 10, one of his first tasks will be to arrange an...