Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 28, 2008
The Clintons at the DNC 2008: second and third night
The expectations, rumors and worries about the speeches of the Clintons in the Democratic National Convention 2008 have been put to rest. Whatever their private feelings might have been, they both are officially totally behind Obama. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 28, 2008
Cagots: an untouchable European minority
Reading online the British newspaper “The Independent” where I always find interesting articles, I came across one of them: The story of the Cagots, a European group or race of people whose provenance is obscure, people belonging to a minority which for many centuries have been classified as untouchables. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 28, 2008
Democratic National Convention 2008: first night
Many times one has those intentions of doing something, one prepares for it and when the time comes to follow those intentions…things change. I have been telling myself that I would watch the conventions on TV as I was lucky enough to get CNN Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 26, 2008
America and Europe: social coverage differences
It is not so long ago that European politicians were optimistic enough about the recovery of the economy. They talked quite freely about it and even set a date. Good times would be back in the second half of 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
