Archive for June, 2012


An account of our two week holiday in the USA

June 10th, 2012 by Roger Darlington

Since I started maintaining a web site 13 years ago, whenever I’ve travelled abroad on holiday, I’ve produced an account of the trip for my web site – see full list here. Usually, this takes me a week to two but, for our holiday in the USA visiting Washington and New York, I took an […]

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Versions of free speech – the debate continues

June 9th, 2012 by Roger Darlington

Almost a month ago now, I did a posting about the different approaches in the United States and Europe to the sensitive issue of free speech. I have just returned from a two-week holiday in the USA where this subject came up several times in conversation. I encouraged one of my American friends to post […]

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Have you missed me?

June 9th, 2012 by Roger Darlington

Sorry that I haven’t been posting to NightHawk for the last two week, but normal service will now be resumed with the usual daily postings. My wife and I have been away for a two-week holiday in the United States – my first visit since 2000 and her first visit since 1998. We spent the […]

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