Barlow's Cayman

• The travel-bug - Part One 8 years ago Just the other day I thought of an item for my bucket-list. Two years ago I wrote a piece for this blog called “No bucket-list”, in which I reported that I didn’t have a bucket-list. Which was true; I hadn’t seen every inspiring sight in the world, but I’d seen enough to satisfy me. My...
• A matter of timing... 8 years ago Histories have never taken account of the cruelty of victorious armies, and readers of histories are (by default) persuaded to ignore them. Local atrocities in mopping-up operations must not distract from the main picture. (Not so much these days as in earlier times, though. Today there are many...
• NATO overplays its hand 8 years ago You’d think the rulers of the Western World – the greatest Empire the world has ever seen – would be smart enough to realise when they’ve gone too far. Don’t they watch the World Series of Poker on the Fox channels? Professional card-players know that they must maintain a reputation for...
• Trump - President or Emperor? 9 years ago The most interesting thing about Donald Trump is that he is genuinely running for the office of President of his nation. All his rivals – except Bernie Sanders, maybe – want to become Emperor of the World.  There’s a huge difference – huuuuge, as Trump himself would say. Trump wants to...
• In defence of free speech 9 years ago One of Cayman’s local legislators (an elected member of our mini-parliament) is in hot water from the liberals among us for defending his selective Old Testament Christianity. His god disapproves of sodomy, and so does he. His chief critic is the expat Chairman of our government-appointed Human...

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