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I divide my time between the Caribbean and Britain. When you have the option of endless summer, the predictable grey of London may seem an…
Posted by John Rapley in Green Rush | January 20, 2010 2:55PM | No Comments »
We sip wine, we gulp water. Good manners? Actually, basic economics. Water is relatively abundant and cheap, wine scarce and dear.
So if…
Posted by John Rapley in Hot Money | December 3, 2009 1:04PM | 2 Comments »
It’s 10 years ago last week. There, on the cover of Time magazine, looking more self-satisfied than ever, stood the three men who would…
Posted by John Rapley in Hot Money | February 23, 2009 1:10PM | No Comments »
I’ll bet it was lots of fun at first. The Obamas look so sweet in that photo of them walking down Pennsylvania…
Posted by John Rapley in Other | February 12, 2009 5:45PM | No Comments »
As if a dam of frigid air burst on the northern border, a bitter cold front has spilled down from Canada and into Washington,…
Posted by John Rapley in Other | January 18, 2009 2:16PM | 3 Comments »
Not that I have any objection to atheism becoming a mass-market item (complete with product tie-ins and merchandise web-links). Hey, if all atheists had looked…
Posted by John Rapley in Other | January 12, 2009 12:44PM | 17 Comments »
Anywhere in the Caribbean is beautiful in December. But there’s something special about Jamaica as Christmas approaches. The air from the mountains sweeps down…
Posted by John Rapley in Tomorrow People | December 19, 2008 5:21PM | 2 Comments »
This year, the US national debt crossed the US $10 trillion threshold. That’s a heap of money. If you took that many dollar…
Posted by John Rapley in Hot Money | November 28, 2008 8:06PM | No Comments »
You just knew that they were like broncos at a rodeo, waiting for the gate to open.
Probably even before the polls closed,…
Posted by John Rapley in Other | November 18, 2008 4:51PM | 2 Comments »
Frank McCourt concluded his first book, and titled his second, with that one word. When, upon reaching American shores, the…
Posted by John Rapley in Other | November 7, 2008 12:55PM | No Comments »
