Month: June 2008

The Man Who Should Be President

Or at least the next Senate Majority Leader (like that will ever happen). Who am I talking about? Why, Senator Russ Feingold, of course: The battle to protect Americans from warrantless wiretaps and hold telecommunications...

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Is France Becoming More American?

The election of Nicolas Sarkozy was a source of hope for the future of Franco-American and transatlantic relations. Sarkozy made no secret of his intention to kick start a new era of French foreign policy and effect a radical...

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Clinton and Obama Hit the (Money) Trail

For their first public appearance together since that last debate, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be attending the same campaign event in (wait for it) Unity, New Hampshire. Some things you just can’t make up. As...

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Late train on a hot day

Part of this diary was originally published on June 9 at West Virginia Blue. My connecting train was late tonight. It was hot as hell and I struck up a conversation with three young men, two black, one white, at the station...

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McCain Swiftboated by BBC

Well, the headline may be a bit of an exaggeration. But this BBC-report brings some stunning allegations against the Republican (presumtive) nominee. ‘When John McCain was my captive’Tran Trong Duyet – a...

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