So Now What?
An unprecedented amount of hyperbole from the international media heralded last week’s election of Barack…More
Tagged: International Affairs
Making New Ruins
When Preah Vihear, a 900-year-old temple in northern Cambodia, near the Thai border, was designated…More
Not So Covert Operations
The election last week of Barack Obama as President of the United States has invigorated…More
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The ongoing political crisis in Ukraine has reached a tipping point, following the dissolution of…More
In The Park With Obama
By late Tuesday afternoon in Chicago, you still couldn’t find a Democrat prepared to call…More
Hallelujah! Now America Must Get To Work
If all goes as predicted today, Americans will wake tomorrow to a new dawn, a…More
How the US Electoral College System Works
The United States has the oldest surviving democratic constitution in the world. In the context…More
The King of Swings
Moving north from Tennessee, the South dilutes slowly: the "y’all" becomes "you all" and then,…More
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