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 »

Last February, after all the unrest, protests and violence in Egypt, Hosni Mubarak had to leave power and the military took over allegedly to restore calm until a new government was formed. While many countries, including the US, seemed to accept this, many people were not reassured. 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 »

Located in the French Riviera, Keyboard Politics is in a “privileged” position to witness all the incredible happenings taking place in Cannes for the G-20 summit. From Menton, in the border with Italy, to Cannes, the area is controlled by a large display of police. Many people had the new experience of having their cars checked in the border what was something rarely taking place since the elimination of border posts among the EU countries. Read the rest of this entry »

After the last weeks when most of the articles in newspapers and blogs were about the financial crisis or the sensational trials in the US and Italy and the freakish wedding of an 85 year old Spanish aristocrat with a 61 year old civil servant, the press today brought us finally some news worthy of being published. Read the rest of this entry »

As we already reported on May 26 and on June 15, the Palestinians were planning to seek full recognition of statehood from the United Nations something both the US and Israel were against. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, this summer certainly is not a quiet one in any front anywhere, but in the US it’s anything but tranquil. Beginning with nature we just had the surprise of an earthquake in the East which rattled the nerves of many, nerves already fragile by the economy, unemployment etc. Read the rest of this entry »