After all the debates and primaries, upsets and accusations that have been taking place in the Republican primaries and that unfortunately are going to continue for a while yet, one was wondering about Obama’s approach for the State of the Union address. Read the rest of this entry »

Elections in the US, specially presidential elections, have always been mystifying for Europeans, though little by little some European politicians are beginning to copy some aspects of it, like introducing families, and making their lives known to their constituents. Still there is a lot to catch up if in reality they want to transform their elections into the circus attractions and even the nastiness the American elections end up turning into. Read the rest of this entry »

Three very different people left this earth this past weekend. Three lives mourned by many for what they represented. Read the rest of this entry »

The Iraqi war has ended, a nine-year war that many believe has been one of the greatest military blunders in history. The war which was started by the Bush administration on March 2003 on arguments that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and ties with al Qaeda had just ended today, December 15, 2011 with a small ceremony in Iraq and a speech by President Obama saying the war had been brought to a successful, honorable conclusion. As he said to the troops in Fort Bragg the country they leave behind is “an extraordinary achievement”. Read the rest of this entry »

It has not ended yet though it is a foregone conclusion: in Libya the rebels have won. Obviously with a great help from NATO which has bombarded the country to the point of destroying much of it. Read the rest of this entry »

Never mind how politicians tried to spin it, the economic news just received in the US were not good. Last month, US employers hired fewer workers than expected , only 54 ,000 workers or third of the 150,000 increase that had been fore casted by Wall Street. Even the figures of March and April were revised to 39,000 fewer jobs created that it had been estimated. Read the rest of this entry »

On learning the news that President Obama communicate to the country, many Americans reacted by celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden in a way that could only be explained by the fear its citizens have been under for the last ten years. Just the name of Osama bin Laden created fear in a irrational way that our politicians did not help to dispel. Read the rest of this entry »