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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.

No, they don’t represent us

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Michaela

Thousands of “indignant” demonstrators are angered by politicians’ faliure to solve high unemployment and economic woes.     From the English edition of the Spanish  Newspaper ” El Pais”

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Terrorism is propaganda

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michaela

By Dr Robert Lambert With the death toll nearing 100, Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested and charged with Norway’s worst act of terrorism. His lawyer has indicated that Breivik had planned the attack for some time and would explain in court … Continue reading →

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Love is a losing game

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michaela

Over futile odds And laughed at by the gods And now the final frame Love is a losing game Amy Winehouse, RIP    

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Left and Right

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michaela

By Ibrahim Hewitt A few years ago, the respected Cambridge scholar T J Winter, also known by his Muslim name of Abdal Hakim Murad, gave a fascinating lecture to Humanities staff and students at the University of Leicester. The title … Continue reading →

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Life is not a burden

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michaela

Florian Schlosser on embodying Truth

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Relief or solution ?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Michaela

By N Kulish and S Erlanger The latest bailout in the Greek rescue has all the elements of what is fast becoming almost commonplace European intrigue. The French president arranges a private summit meeting with the German chancellor. Europe’s top … Continue reading →

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Different visions for our country

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Michaela

By JACKIE CALMES and CARL HULSE Negotiations over a broad deficit reduction plan collapsed in acrimony on Friday after Speaker John A. Boehner suddenly broke off talks with President Obama, raising the risk of an economy-shaking default. The latest turn in the summer’s … Continue reading →

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Of hazard and hope

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Michaela

There are currently 15 million refugees and internally displaced persons in the world – that is 15 million stories of upheaval, dislocation, want and misery. 

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Lack of wisdom

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Michaela

By Paul Krugman These are interesting times — and I mean that in the worst way. Right now we’re looking at not one but two looming crises, either of which could produce a global disaster. In the United States, right-wing … Continue reading →

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Weather or War ?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Michaela

The Horn of Africa is in the middle of its worst drought in more than 60 years with up to 12 million people facing famine in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia. Why is this particular region so vulnerable? … Continue reading →

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