Archive for October, 2008

Mort Zuckerman on the Financial Crisis and what we should do
October 22, 2008, Comments Off on Mort Zuckerman on the Financial Crisis and what we should do

The Anatomy of the Financial Crisis and Why We Must Get It Right Everyone is haunted by the fear our financial crisis mi ...

U.S. Presidential Campaign: Issues & Strategies
October 20, 2008, 1 Comment

IPS Coverage of the Campaign  ;  BBC   ;  Slate  ;  Politico ; Huffington Post Politics – admittedly pro-Oba ...

The U.S. Electoral College – how it works
October 16, 2008, Comments Off on The U.S. Electoral College – how it works

See also David Jones on How the U.S. election process works There is so much confusion abroad (and often within the U.S. ...

Wednesday Night #1389
October 15, 2008, 1 Comment

It appears most likely that humanity is destined to repeat the folly of their forefathers, leading us into a very diffic ...

John Moore on the election
October 15, 2008, Comments Off on John Moore on the election

John Moore: Farewell to Stephen Harper, master tactician Posted: October 15, 2008, 12:15 AM John Moore, canadian electio ...

Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize for economics
October 14, 2008, 1 Comment

An interesting morning The good Krugman Bill Watson in the National Post Despite his political views, free-market econom ...

U.S. elections 2008
October 14, 2008, 1 Comment

DUMB DEMOCRACY IS THE FASTEST ROAD TO TOTALITARIANISM By Kimon Valskakis (Globe & Mail) Winston Churchill once argue ...

Angler: the Cheney vice presidency
October 12, 2008, Comments Off on Angler: the Cheney vice presidency

The Shadow President By JACOB HEILBRUNN (NYT Book review) As governor of Texas, Bush hewed to a centrist course, working ...

IMF International Monetary Fund
October 12, 2008, Comments Off on IMF International Monetary Fund

See IMF  and World Economic Outlook Reports ; The world after the (bailout) vote Nations seek IMF crisis funding The cr ...

Frank McKenna
October 9, 2008, Comments Off on Frank McKenna

McKenna eyeing Liberal leadership: source 9 October Canada ‘ punching below’ its weight in aid — McKenna Canada ha ...