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About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

The tower of Babel

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michaela
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Illusions and Plunder

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michaela

Meltdown-The men who crashed the world The first of a four-part investigation into a world of greed and recklessness that brought down the financial world.

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Peace Now, or Never

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michaela

By Ehud Olmert As the United Nations General Assembly opens this year, I feel uneasy. An unnecessary diplomatic clash between Israel and the Palestinians is taking shape in New York, and it will be harmful to Israel and to the … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Death

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michaela

By Khalil Gibran Part I: The Parting Let me sleep, for my soul is intoxicated with love and Let me rest, for my spirit has had its bounty of days and nights; Light the candles and burn the incense around … Continue reading →

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Heureka

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michaela

Greek Finance Minister, Evangelos Venizelos: “We haven’t realised the dangers. The dangers are not that our income has been reduced, the danger is not that pensions are being reduced or the value of property. The dangers are not that the … Continue reading →

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Perfect Storm

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Michaela

By Mark Levine Perhaps the title isn’t fair. The storm that awaits Barack Obama at the UN is not entirely of his own creation. He did not create half a century of US foreign policy based on support for authoritarianism … Continue reading →

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The dogmatist

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Michaela

From ” Der Spiegel” One thing is already clear: The two men will be all smiles when they meet. If all goes according to plan, German President Christian Wulff will greet the pope at 11:15 a.m. this Thursday in front … Continue reading →

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Unstoppable ?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Michaela

From the Economist So grave, so menacing, so unstoppable has the euro crisis become that even rescue talk only fuels ever-rising panic. Investors have sniffed out that Europe’s leaders seem unwilling ever to do enough. Yet unless politicians act fast … Continue reading →

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Debt, division & delay

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Michaela

…because we just don’t know what to do….meanwhile the Swiss were close to ban investment banking after UBS lost about 2.3 bio Euros on unauthorised trades.

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Bleeding

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Michaela

By Paul Krugman Doctors used to believe that by draining a patient’s blood they could purge the evil “humors” that were thought to cause disease. In reality, of course, all their bloodletting did was make the patient weaker, and more … Continue reading →

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