On Wednesday, oil prices rose above $130 a barrel as supply concerns increased. Last week, when President Bush was traveling through the Middle East he apparently tried to convince the Saudis about increasing the oil output. As in many of his endeavors, Bush failed to reach an agreement Read the rest of this entry »

When I wrote the article about the world tragedies on May 18th I omitted what has turned out to be another huge catastrophe which I don’t want to ignore as we all can still do something to help with contributions and physical aid: the powerful earthquake that struck China on the 12th of May. Read the rest of this entry »

A French friend told me yesterday, “we French don’t let politicians walk all over us.” It is true that of the many things the French do in their own way, and believe me there are a few, what really differentiates them from citizens of other Read the rest of this entry »

With a major milestone possibly being reached today in the US democratic presidential race – a majority of the pledged delegates going for one of the democratic candidates – maybe we can start concentrating on what a presidential race Read the rest of this entry »

When last April President Carter traveled to the Middle East, his trip was criticized not only by the Bush administration and many in the US, but by Israel and other countries, especially Read the rest of this entry »

With so much misery happening in the world at the moment, maybe it is time to get things in perspective and put aside at least for a day writing yet another article about the US elections. The greatest tragedy at the moment seems to be the devastation the cyclone that hit Read the rest of this entry »

It seems to me that for all our looking at the Canadians like if they were our not so advanced cousins, they could show us a thing or two. Especially now when we are running the US election of the Democrats nominee as if it were a battle: blacks against whites, men Read the rest of this entry »