Simon Says Postcards 8/28/2102
Circa 1200 in Rothenburg they passed a compulsory tax to build city walls. This was followed by taxes to have...
Tag: Politics
August 23, 2012 Maxim
"Economic Nationalism is Racism" Harry Binswanger in Forbes Magazine 8/20/2012 "People their products and their...
Boris Johnson
"My policy on cake is having it and eating it." Boris Johnson Lord Mayor of London and Political Hero of the...
The Power of the Irrational
"The world for the most part is not run by reason. The power of the irrational is formidable." Paul Johnson...
Early Government
In Rothenburg, Bavaria we were surrounded by evidence of the beginnings of the city state. I wrote the other day...
Medieval Walls and Socialized Medicine
About 1200 in Rothenburg, Bavaria (pronounced rotenberg) in order to build a city wall they levied a tax on all of the...
The Yosemite vs The Jungfrau
Yosemite is Beautiful The Jungfrau is Beautiful Yosemite is a National Park owned by the all of the citizens of...
Base Jumpers and Gang Members
While traveling on the lifts and trains in Switzerland we met some young men who were base jumpers. It is a sport in...
Happy Fourth of July
America: Where moms get a day and sharks get a week. We are in Switzerland and so are missing the famous Sierra Madre...
June 28, 2012 Maxim
"Get in line would be a reasonable request if there was a line." Angelica Salas Director CHIRLA Speaking about...
