McCain’s Ethical Crusade For A Frightened America?
WASHINGTON – Senator Barack Obama has a clear theme to draw appeal to his quest for the White House: the...
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Shirley Temple Goes to Washington
WASHINGTON– If we accept that the lines between the political process and entertainment have been blurred and that politicians...
Absent from Denver: The Gobal Economy
WASHINGTON– A somewhat disturbing feature of the Denver Democratic Convention has been the absence of a serious, in depth debate on...
Education is the New American Frontier
WASHINGTON – The main theme of the Democratic Party, as we approach the November elections, is economic justice. The...
America: Still Unserious about Energy
WASHINGTON – Amazingly enough, to this day, America does not have an energy policy even minimally related to the...
Is America Ready for President Obama?
WASHINGTON – The Democratic primaries arithmetic is clearly against Senator Hillary Clinton. It is unlikely that she will win her...
America’s Decaying Standards
WASHINGTON – In the United States, the reliability of some critical public services is now questioned, owing to revelations...
Asia Rises, America Distracted
WASHINGTON – Five years into the invasion of Iraq, defined by its proponents as an essential component of the...
In America, Politics as Self-Renewal
WASHINGTON – The paradox of American politics is this odd mixture between pragmatism and grandiose wishful thinking. Hillary Clinton...
America Longing for Moses
WASHINGTON – Whatever the eventual outcome of the democratic party primaries, we have a Barack Obama phenomenon that is...