Over at Iberian Notes (2003/10/16 15:15), John Chappell is worried because La Vanguardia keeps plugging the notion that Americans are … worried. LaVa is wrong, but its chronic confusion on this issue is actually a compliment. Let me explain. Yesterday Ramón Salaverría posted a response to comments I made about a book he’s published. While…
Barcelona has been known for its Moorish thieves for at least 1200 years, and last night a friend had an encounter with a couple of Moroccan thieves, from which he fortunately escaped with property and person intact. Police say that roughly 80% of street robberies are committed by young North African males, and inevitably some…