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I am a Brit in Jacksonville Florida. I have been here in America for six years. I write for the American Chronicle. I am also a Community Columnist for Times-Union a Jacksonville newspaper. My stories are on line at Jacksonville.com under BritPatJax. If you

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Politics, News & Issues > War & Terrorism Are we safer now than we were immediately after 9/11, or have we just been lucky?: 16 of 44

I don't think we are 'Lucky' really but I am sure we are not safer. Correction, being a Brit IS safer. Brits ARE safer than they have been for 30 years. I was a Brit Soldier in London from 1966 -70 and I saw mangled cars from bombings and suffered the real terror of constant attacks. I had also been a war baby when Hitler te...
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law The state of Britain today: 3 of 7

As a Brit living in Florida and having traveled to almost every city in Europe I have had the opportunity to see Britain periodically from foreign shores. I came to America predominantly for the weather in my latter years and don't miss the bitter cold and neuralgia in the winter and the stress of trying to teach nervous cli...
Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) Why soccer is the greatest game in the world: 1 of 1

I had the pleasure to witness a soccer game of colossal magnitude yesterday. I have been brought up on soccer or 'football' as we call it in the UK. It seems reasonable to call the game 'football' as it is the part of the body most in contact with the ball. Of course the fact that a game steeped in history and invented so lo...