I complain about the Swiss a lot, but there is one thing they can do really well, and that's make super sharp knives. I am fine, just bummed I can't play video games as effectively....

from KATH.NET - Katholischer Nachrichtendienst Apostolic Nunciature in Switzerland Critical of Anti-Rome rally in Lucerne.On the occasion of the demonstration "Acting instead of leaving: We are an open church" on Sunday, 8 March 2009, in Lucerne, Francesco has Canalini, Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerla...

Ezra Klein writes that Republicans are drawing the lines of opposition to the progressive health care agenda in pretty narrow terms: Does that matter? It’s hard to say. Rhetorically, the GOP has staked out a very narrow corner of opposition. Last week, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enz...

* There were two shootings in St. Louis City on Friday night.  However, they took place where you might not expect, but if you keep up on the decline and fall of St. Louis, you won’t be surprised.  One was on Potomac and Michigan, and the other was on the 3700 block of Iowa. * It looks like ...

It's another example of the huge gap between what the leftist news media tells the public and the actual truth. I refer to the news coverage of an agreement between UBS, the battered Swiss banking giant, and U.S. government prosecutors announced on Wednesday. A subhead in The New York Times screams:...

A special panel set up by a Geneva-based group of lawyers and judges said increasingly secretive action was becoming widespread in democratic states....

If you've chosen Norway for your skiing holiday, you've almost certainly decided that the adrenaline surge of the Alps is something you can do without. Skiing in Norway has many attractions, but advanced Alpine-style pistes are not one of them. So, a skiing trip to Norway ought to double as a gatewa...

We hold no special brief for the now humbled Swiss banking giant, UBS, but one must feel some small sympathy for the continued public pain inflicted on them, no doubt with glee, by relentless congressional inquisitors on behalf of the U.S. Senate's resident anti-tax haven scold, Senator Carl Levin (...

On Friday evening, David returned from a week of business travel 6,000 miles  and 9 hours' time zone away, and already the next morning he was ready to take the family on our second ski day! I was so thankful that he suggested it, as I am eager to explore the different nearby resorts and make t...

Ok, enough of the whining. I'm sorry if it seems like all of my posts up until now have been nothing but whining about Switzerland. Believe it or not, I'm not depressed, and when I get enough sleep and am not afflicted with any sort of illness, I'm quite pleasant! Seriously! I love the prospect of a...