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U.S. Presidential Campaign: Media bias
November 11, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Presidential Campaign: Media bias

This is a very important issue. It happens that in the case of this election, we share the ‘elite, liberal’ ...

Obama's Challenge — Stratfor
November 10, 2008, Comments Off on Obama's Challenge — Stratfor

We find this article to be an excellent summary of  the complex problems that the President-elect will face and therefo ...

U.S. Election Night 2008 and the aftermath
November 9, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Election Night 2008 and the aftermath

   Electoral College votes  and counting Obama wins historic US election John McCain’s very gracious concession ...

Studs Terkel
October 31, 2008, Comments Off on Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel: He’ll Never Be Silenced Remembering the original guerrilla journalist By Jeff Cohen, director of the Par ...

The Economy – What went wrong & What’s next? II
October 31, 2008, 1 Comment

See Part I of this topic/saga ; The evolving bailout plan ; The world after the (bailout) vote 31 October 2008 Reversal ...

Monbiot: The degradation of intelligence and learning in American politics
October 28, 2008, 1 Comment

The Triumph of Ignorance Why morons succeed in U.S. politics (The Guardian) How was it allowed to happen? How did politi ...

Canadian General election 2008
October 28, 2008, 3 Comments

Wednesday-Night.com Canada Elects: The Alternative North America Goes to the Polls by David T. Jones (American Diplomacy ...

Canadian election 2008: Westmount-Ville-Marie
October 24, 2008, Comments Off on Canadian election 2008: Westmount-Ville-Marie

See also Marc Garneau on Wednesday-Night.com Lagacé-Dowson’s orange revolution not over yet Dowson thinks the NDP ...

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 ...

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