November 19, 2008
California Port Overrun by Unsold Foreign Cars. Matt Richtell, The NYT (en)" ... For now, the port itself is the destination. Unwelcome by dealers and buyers, thousands of cars worth tens of millions of dollars are being warehoused on increasingly crowded port property ...... But the inventory glut ...
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The Seven Deadly Deficits. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Mother Jones (en)" ... George W. Bush assumed office, most of those disgruntled about the stolen election contented themselves with this thought: Given our system of checks and balances, given the gridlock in Washington, how much damage could be done? N...
go to article »November 18, 2008
I have a hard time believing that every single U.S President is sincerely passionate about Israel to the point of putting the country’s interests ahead of its own. This entire region continues to boom with support for Obama, and I wouldn’t call it blind support. I would call it hope, som...
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-By Karim El Assir One of the most compelling contrasts offered to us throughout this past election cycle has been the manner in which an exuberant optimism has been met with cautious skepticism. In a debate held in Maastricht’s ravishing Selexyz bookshop on the night of the election, Danny Meri...
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The significance of the transition period for an incoming presidential administration cannot be overstated: not only does it offer the opportunity for the President-Elect to identify the priorities within his or her legislative and policy agenda for the forthcoming term, but it also represents the ...
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The New Yorker's recent issue boasts a particularly arresting cover (pasted below). Obama's "O" moon waxes high over the Lincoln Memorial, casting a pale reflection in the pool beneath. Still months before his inauguration, Obama finds himself in the longest of shadows, that of th...
go to article »November 16, 2008
The Obama Moment in America reminds the Chicago anthropologist John Comaroff of the Mandela Moment in his native South Africa in the early 1990s. The whole world has embraced the Obama Moment as its own, Comaroff says, because it marks “the reentry of a pariah nation into the world” on the term...
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There has been a lot of serious discussion on the American ground-breaking election, a Nigerian blogger examines the facts and injects some humor into the topic. The blogger examines the possible newspaper headlines if the election had been in Nigeria. Head to Anthony Arojojoye’s On a Lighter...
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Senator Joe Lieberman has been a thorn in the Democrats' side for a long time, but relations have only worsened since Connecticut primary voters booted him off the party ticket in 2006. Lieberman reacted by separating himself from the party and running as an independent, despite his earlier pro...
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That there is nothing traditional about 44th President-Elect and his family will be reiterating the obvious. They are not only advocating political change, but Michelle Obama is also changing fashion when it comes to first ladies. Michelle, unlike any First Lady who has ever occupied the White Hou...
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