Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 28, 2008
Thanks Elizabeth Edwards
Some days after looking through the main newspapers in the country and many blogs, I feel very depressed and not very sanguine about the future of our country. The total vacuity of the articles, the lack of important information, the ridiculous interest in what the candidates for the presidency do, whether Obama likes arugula or Clinton had a shot of whisky is demoralizing. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 28, 2008
Race or gender: not a way to choose
This is beginning to be too much. Some days watching the democratic candidates giving speeches, at rallies and debates, pretending to be what they are not, I wonder at how they are able to keep it up. They seem to have a stamina that we, the voters, are beginning to lose. And not just the ordinary voters but those whose jobs depend on reporting the news. I believe those especially have lost it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 28, 2008
Two hours of Sarkozy!
Last Friday I published an article about the French president’s TV interview. As I had written it before it happened, I thought I could elaborate a little about what transpired during the almost two hours (it had been planned for 90 minutes) that it lasted. As I was curious about how he will go about it, I stayed glued to the TV watching Nicolas Sarkozy explaining and unambiguously defending his planned reforms as well as some of his positions on national and international politics. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 25, 2008
President Carter upsets the Bush administration
Starting on April 13th President Carter traveled to Israel, the West Bank, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan and met with leaders of each of those nations. This trip has been extensively criticized in the US especially by the Bush administration, as well as by the government of Israel - not for the trip in itself but for the meetings with Hamas and the Syrian government. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 25, 2008
Sarkozy on the hot seat
Yesterday evening, Thursday April 24th at 8 p.m. French time, Nicolas Sarkozy, the now beset French president gave a 90 minute TV interview direct from the Elysée, the presidential palace. With this appearance, on the anniversary of the first year in power, the government hopes to get back some of the public support. According to polls the majority of French people think his first year in office has been a failure and a great number are dissatisfied and confused over the supposed reforms his government has proposed. Most of the hardest reforms, such as general pensions and health care, remain to be made and the economic downturn leaves little room for maneuver. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 21, 2008
Climate change talks
Taking a short break from the US election’s politics, I decided to concentrate on the environment. This is a global theme which by definition affects us all and yet it has, strangely enough, been quite absent in both the Democrats and the Republicans campaigns. But I said I was going to take a break for that, didn’t I?
Instead I will begin by describing the attitude of the current administration which in almost eight years in power has not contributed much except in a negative way towards solving or ameliorating a problem which threatens the earth: global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 21, 2008
The French and anorexia
I remember clearly when a little over a year ago the champagne and wine company Clicquot Inc’s chief and best-selling author Mireille Giuliano gave a talk in Palm Beach, Florida. She was trying to promote her book ‘French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure.’ The room was full and there were many questions that she answered with charm. Today, watching the news in French TV I heard something that would surprise many of the attendees to Ms Giuliano’s gathering. Read the rest of this entry »
