Archive for August, 2012
Tsunami watch canceled for Hawaii
A tsunami watch posted for Hawaii was canceled Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
“Based on all available data there is no destructive tsunami threat to the state of…
The facts about Janesville GM plant’s closure
By Todd Spangler and Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press
Aug. 31-TAMPA — Democrats pounced Wednesday when Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, linked the December 2008 idling of General Motors’…
Biggest British civil suit ends year later
A British court awarded Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich $6.5 billion in a year-long lawsuit that pitted him against a former friend and business partner. It was the biggest private court…
Romney: ‘Now is the moment we can do something’
TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney on Thursday kicked off the final, crucial phase of his bid to become the country’s 45th president, accepting the Republican nomination and urging the nation…
UN chief criticises ‘racist’ attacks on Israel
TEHRAN – United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, in a speech to a summit of leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement yesterday, criticised “racist” attacks against Israel and said it was…
The Swing State Pendulum: So Much Riding on So Few
While Republicans gather for their national convention in Florida, rich in electoral college votes, President Obama has made the rounds to college campuses in three key swing states: Iowa, Colorado,…
Executive Ego: Obama Finds New Opportunities to Express His Awesomeness
In the Federalist Papers, Hamilton famously remarks that while the American president will be inspired by great personal ambition, it is not an office that will likely be won by…
Wine Chatter: The Elusive Language of Consumable Art
Wine writing has always been a precocious affair: long before postmodern literary theory and its parade of abstract “ism’s”, the professional description of wine was an exercise in transforming concrete…
The Politics of Tragedy: Finding Meaning in Terror
Rahm Emmanuel infamously advised: “Never let a good crisis go to waste”. But if there is opportunity in crisis there is treasure buried in tragedy-nothing else so effectively waters the…
Arab States to Obama: Bomb Iran, Please
While President Obama struggles to hobble together a coalition within the United Nations Security Council to levy economic sanctions against Iran, a staunch consensus has already developed among Arab states…
