Be That As It May

My brother Alan, having bought a flat in Alghero, Sardinia, needed of course to furnish it. I went down to keep him company and help with all that needs to be done when one has bought a new place, especially in such a bureaucracy-happy country as Italy.
One day, Alan and I ventured by [...]

Last night, I watched a re-run of a season one West Wing episode. Entitled Take this Sabbath day, it follows the fictional President Bartlet’s anguish as he struggles to decide whether or not to commute the death sentence passed on a drug dealer who killed two other dealers and is eligible for capital punishment under [...]