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A European Union Citizen’s Wake-Up Call: When Travel Turns Into Compliance

Posted on July 22, 2025 by ivanmconsiglio

In a climate where travel is becoming less about connection and more about compliance, we examine the newly introduced U.S. visa integrity fee from a European perspective shaped by one’s own military service and a lifetime of storytelling. It challenges the logic of charging visitors to prove their trustworthiness, reflecting on what this shift says about openness, surveillance, and the quiet erosion of cultural exchange. Continue reading →

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“And they’re off,…!!!” as they say at the races…

Posted on May 5, 2021 by ivanmconsiglio

Maltese political parties already posturing themselves for elections. Continue reading →

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Catching up is long overdue

Posted on May 3, 2019 by ivanmconsiglio

A post-morning coffee rant on my neglecting my own website, no test subjects tortured in generating this text
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When Photographers Fail, They Do It Big Time! 7 Major Mistakes Caught On Camera.

Posted on December 1, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

It’s certainly preferable to become famous by taking amazing photographs, but here a few examples of photographers who became known all across the planet because of some major mistakes that were caught on camera. Now, most of this stuff is … Continue reading →

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