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Instead of bailout agreement, discord at the White House

Today my day began reading the update someone on my team had written. I like it when they do it as one can then read opinions other than mine and it gets more interesting. Also, it is good for me when I am very busy that someone else helps with the blog. Read the rest of this entry »

This and that: from Wall Street to Cuba

I am almost refusing to continue writing about banks, shares, and the sudden “populism” of Obama and McCain who it seems to me are just mouthing words, blaming each other and promising to save everyone. I believe they don’t have a clue about what to do. Read the rest of this entry »

Obama, McCain and the bankrupcy of Lehman Brothers

When yesterday Paul Krugman wrote in his New York Times column about the possible financial collapse of Lehman Brothers, it was not yet 100% sure it would happen and here in the French Riviera it was just a too beautiful day to have gloomy thoughts. We should have known better. Read the rest of this entry »

An Obama-McCain ticket = sensible foreign policy?

Obama and McCain ticket

On Tuesday Richard Cohen, who had been on the side of candidate Obama during the primaries, wrote in the Washington Post “I have an even better ticket in mind: Obama-McCain. That way we might get a sensible foreign policy.” Read the rest of this entry »

Democratic primaries could finally yield results

Democratic primaries lead to results?

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 »

Too much money and religion and too long

Money and religion in the US elections

It is inevitable that with campaigns that last this long more unexpected occurrences happen. I have always thought that there were several things one should change in the way American Read the rest of this entry »

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 »