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I’m a veteran journalist in news- papers, magazines, public radio and on the web. I have dual US/EU citizenship and I divide my time between Seattle and Normandy, France.
The more I report on climate change, energy, transportation, resource consumption and related issues, the more I see connections and commonalities between how Europeans are tackling these problems and how we’re going about it in the Pacific Northwest.
This blog is my effort to connect those dots in ways that might help us all find ways of living that leave a green, healthy planet for our grandchildren.
To learn more about me and my work, please visit www.liammoriarty.com.
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Inside East Berlin’s Secret Stasi Prison
Fifty years ago this week, residents of an already-divided Berlin woke up to find East German soldiers ripping up streets and stringing a barbed-wire barrier through their city. Within days, a 96-mile-long fence surrounded West Berlin, cutting it off it … Continue reading
Posted in History, Human Rights, Politics
Tagged Berlin Wall, East German secret police, Stasi
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The Thin, Wet Khaki Line: Reflections on the Beach
“The battle belonged that morning to the thin, wet line of khaki that dragged itself ashore on the Channel coast of France.” – Gen. Omar N. Bradley I just spent a gloriously warm and beautiful summer day at Omaha Beach … Continue reading