On October 5, 2008, Vicenza overwhelmingly said no to a second U.S.
military base. In a referendum that had officially been suspended just four
days before it was to take place, 24,094 voters, determined to express
themselves, showed up to...
08 October 2008
It's the second week of October. When I was a kid it would sometimes snow and always be cold by now. I'm typing this on my laptop sitting outdoors in the warm sun with no sweater or jacket on the downtown mall, a pedestrian street in...
07 October 2008
What a week we have all had. I guess for those of us who make it to the
weekend without a single scratch, it will be important to sit quietly in a
corner making plans for the future. Obviously the time for tunnel vision and
full faith in ‘...
06 October 2008
Michael Moore's new book is called "Mike's Election Guide 2008," and
it's a nice combination of the comical and the useful. The comical comes
first. Chapter One consists of Mike's answers to random election-related
questions, and his...
04 October 2008
During the recent presidential debate (9/26/08), moderator Jim Lehrer presented the following as one of his lead questions:
Are you willing to acknowledge, both of you, that this financial crisis is going to affect the way you...
Are you willing to acknowledge, both of you, that this financial crisis is going to affect the way you...
29 September 2008
The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian economy is in one of its most wretched states, and the disaster is mostly, if not entirely manmade, thus reversible.
The World Bank made no...
The World Bank made no...
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