The Patient Has To Want To Change
As the media waits anxiously for the incoming Obama Administration to divvy up the White…More
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Political Vaudeville
Mainstream media debate over the forthcoming US election has been fixated on the trivial rather…More
Tension in the High Fort
At first glance Peshawar, literally the "High Fort" in Persian, seems no different to any…More
Get Ready for an October Surprise
Ronald McDonald leans out of a flying saucer to welcome us to Roswell, New Mexico,…More
America's Sleeping Giant Speaks Spanish
Yesterday, over 150 people at La Placita Olvera, Los Angeles, began the largest hunger strike…More
Lame Duck Meltdown
The initial failure and eventual passage of the $US700 billion dollar US financial rescue package…More
The Black Art of American Elections
Every US presidential race of recent times brings with it claims that Candidate X is…More
RIP: The Press
Reading the recently deceased David Foster Wallace’s book on John McCain (McCain’s Promises: Aboard the…More
Tonight We're Gonna Party Like it's 2004
On a street lined with near identical beige McMansions, it isn’t hard to find the…More
No End in Sight
On 18 December last year, a week before Christmas, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice…More