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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 ...

The evolving bailout plan
September 30, 2008, 1 Comment

See also Banks and Wednesday-Night.com Banking’s crisis of confidence deepens Wall Street rebounded in spite of a ...

Canada and U.S. 2008 elections
September 21, 2008, Comments Off on Canada and U.S. 2008 elections

Curious Coincidence David Jones writes in American Diplomacy A Summing Up Our parallel elections offer a Comparative Gov ...

The Running Mate Is Fear , David T. Jones
September 9, 2008, Comments Off on The Running Mate Is Fear , David T. Jones

Article published in The MetropolitaIn of Sep. 4 Earlier in the campaign season, once Democrats and Republicans identifi ...

Russia & Georgia – another viewpoint
September 2, 2008, 1 Comment

This fascinating counter view of the respective roles of the belligerents and those of the U.S. and the U.K. is a must-r ...

Republicans and UN
September 2, 2008, Comments Off on Republicans and UN

We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby It’s hardly controversial to say that some Republicans sometimes view the UN wit ...

Hurricane Gustav 2008
September 2, 2008, 1 Comment

Remembering the incredible pluck of the Times Picayune during Katrina and the aftermath, we returned to this long-neglec ...

Katrina Update 2008
August 31, 2008, Comments Off on Katrina Update 2008

See also  Katrina Update: A Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Still at Risk (2007) and CNN Katrina coverage After Fanf ...

U.S. Presidential Campaign: Candidates & Issues
August 17, 2008, 1 Comment

More on the 2008 campaign and issues Although the early days of the campaign were regrettably short on serious explorati ...

Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots
August 6, 2008, Comments Off on Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots

Enlarged map and notes See also Arctic and Antarctic (BBC) British scientists say they have drawn up the first detailed ...