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Opposites Attract

What happened here was essentially rape on a national scale. American impotence became American rage and, ultimately, American viciousness. You’d think the bitterness scars such as that would leave would all but define a national consciousness; would leave it as warped and embittered as its history effortlessly justifies, but you’d be wrong. Continue reading

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Happy people don’t create anything.

In some ways, I’m back where I started, sat around in an old cricket jersey and shorts and looking out of the window. However, this time it’s a radically different landscape, one whose peak temperature today is predicted to be a giddy – 19, and that’s going to be about it ’till well into next year. Continue reading

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Auschwitz and Leaving

I knew I was going to Auschwitz before I even booked my ticket here. It was/is an inevitable part of coming to Krakow. It should be. There’s no getting around it. It’s something you need to do. However, that said, I’ll admit that even the idea made me nervous. Continue reading

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