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Archive: September 2010 (4 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Union Jack? Union Flag?

Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt

For me, the topic of this post dates back to the early days of the summer when I merrily hung the flag of the United Kingdom (the Union Flag), and the English flag (the St. George’s Cross), out in the moments before the England-Germany game of the 2010 World Cup.   Thirty-two minutes and two German …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

A Not So California Girl?

Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt

On my drive to work at the end of last week I heard the joyful news on the radio that singer Katy Perry and British actor/comedian Russell Brand have announced that they are going to get married.  Wonderful!  The second part of the announcement was that Katy Perry loves the UK so much that she wants …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Lockerbie Bomber – The Legal Issues Behind Recalling a Prisoner Released on Compassionate Grounds.

Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The recent one year anniversary of the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi, the man convicted in 1999 of the Lockerbie bombings, prompted me to to delve a little further behind the headlines.   Al-Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds after doctors diagnosed him with terminal prostate cancer.   I thought …