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Cloudy and up to 23 degrees today in the Alps
Read more: Cloudy and up to 23 degrees today in the AlpsSalzburg 19, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. So we visited Salzburg, with its endless squares and vistas. Follow the link from the photo for more.
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Dachstein cornice
Read more: Dachstein corniceDachstein cornice, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Follow the link from the photo for more.
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Zauchensee today
Read more: Zauchensee todayZauchensee 4, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. Great weather and skiing above the clouds, though we were on foot today, expecting the warm weather to have reached this high.
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Dachstein skywalk: No fear – the cracks are harmless!
Read more: Dachstein skywalk: No fear – the cracks are harmless!No fear – cracks in glass harmless, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker.
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Dachstein ice palace, inside the glacier
Read more: Dachstein ice palace, inside the glacierDachstein ice palace, originally uploaded by stevenjbaker. The ice sculpture in the Dachstein Ice Palace is remarkable. With its dark blue glacier ice, this Grecian scene was simply beautiful. The figures from Ice Age were stunning, particularly the…
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Dominic Grieve QC MP on citizens and the state
Read more: Dominic Grieve QC MP on citizens and the stateThe opening panel discussion at the Convention on Modern Liberty is now available online. Dominic Grieve speaks passionately and encouragingly from 3:55 on the finite limits on state power, social justice, quality of life and British collusion in…
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Britain now the most invasive surveillance state
Read more: Britain now the most invasive surveillance stateVia Right to privacy broken by a quarter of UK’s public databases, says report | The Guardian, we learn that “Britain is now the most invasive surveillance state and the worst at protecting privacy of any western democracy”:…
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Freedom, responsibility and the “New Left”
Read more: Freedom, responsibility and the “New Left”Many who are in power on the New Left today were students when this was written in Education in America: Meaningful freedom has always implied responsibility, and responsibility demands self-control. Self-control presupposes guidelines within which the individual attempts…
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Spy chiefs fear Chinese cyber attack – Times Online
Read more: Spy chiefs fear Chinese cyber attack – Times OnlineINTELLIGENCE chiefs have warned that China may have gained the capability to shut down Britain by crippling its telecoms and utilities. They have told ministers of their fears that equipment installed by Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant, in…