Free To Move

In an ideal world, people would be just as free to move through political borders as goods or services are. Just as complete freedom of movement for goods ensures that they flow to areas where they are most demanded, so does complete freedom of movement for people ensure that they can move to where they [...]

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One Thing That Made Me Laugh Out Loud Today

Was this:
HE SLOUCHED onto the stage to light applause. He rambled like a man with his mouth full and nothing particular on his mind. He played up his Southern roots. “It’s good to be back where people know how to cook green beans,” he said, referring to the Southern habit of boiling them to [...]

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Off The Grid

After spending five days in Munich without bothering to surf the web at all, I returned home yesterday to discover that Rostock University thought my internet reprieve should be made rather more permanent. My self-esteem is draining slowly, for each time I attempt to connect a message appears stating that something I did could not [...]

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Intermission

Probably no blogging until after Friday, for I will be in Munich at an InWent seminar.
I do not relish the eight-hour train ride which lays before me, but there is some comfort in the knowledge that it will at least be over land.

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I Don’t Believe in Ferries!

Ferries to both Denmark and Sweden being relatively inexpensive and quick, I had been planning to visit both countries since I first arrived in Rostock. It took me until yesterday to finally get around to it, however, and now I’m just glad the whole thing is behind me.
The plan was to board a ferry early [...]

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