The King of Swings
Moving north from Tennessee, the South dilutes slowly: the "y’all" becomes "you all" and then,…More
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The Business End of a Dirty Election
There are only two days left before Americans vote in what has been described as…More
New York City Has the Election Jitters
As it is with most Saturday afternoons, a busy crowd moves circuitously around Manhattan’s Union…More
With God on His Side
"If these brick walls could talk…" The man behind the counter of Wired Espresso café…More
Is It Time to Make Peace With The Taliban?
"You are with us, or you are with the terrorists," declaimed President George Bush in…More
What the Polls Tell Us
After months of intense campaigning, the result of the US presidential election on Tuesday will…More
It's Not Easy Being Green In The US
When you travel through America, you move against a tide of excess. SUVs cram the…More
Propping Up The Giants
When the two US mortgage heavywieghts Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae went under, the major…More
The Patient Has To Want To Change
As the media waits anxiously for the incoming Obama Administration to divvy up the White…More
Political Vaudeville
Mainstream media debate over the forthcoming US election has been fixated on the trivial rather…More