John McCain: I am not George Wallace
America is a country that is undergoing the throes of racial animosity. For many the recent election process has brought to light the racial tension that has been brimming under the surface. The...
Month: October 2008
Joe Six-Pack, the Man Who Was Not There
I have spent the past weeks trying to find Joe Six-Pack, AKA Joe Average, AKA the real American, a political heavyweight with more aliases than the average Wu Tang Clan member. I'm in a pretty...
Faith and the Village Pond: the anti-Christian violence in Orissa
Suffering has an uncanny fondness for poverty; it seeks and locates people living on the brink of survival only to push them further towards the precipice. In a place where reaching adulthood through...
How Google Goggles will lead us down a path to glory
I think we all have tacitly accepted the fact that Google Inc. is one day going to rule the world. Within the past few years, they have moved into pretty much every category of user technology....
Canadian Election: in the shadow of the eagle
On Sunday, September 7th 2008, Canada’s 39th Parliament was dissolved, and on October 14th Canada held an election. Many Americans were ignorant of these developments, despite the fact that we are...
Final presidential debate: will the real Joe the Plumber please stand up?
The mystery is over: Joe has spoken. And according to some, he’s not even registered to vote. John McCain’s latest attempt at a game-changer hit the same sour note as his last attempts. No matter...
Fight-or-Flight: the American electorate and the politics of fear
"Victory in Iraq is finally in sight ... he wants to forfeit. Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions. Al Qaeda terrorists still...
Cambodia and Thailand and those 4.6 kilometres
Two soldiers are dead and six are injured for 4.6 square kilometres of land. Whose land? Well that is the question. Thailand claims it. Cambodia claims it. Neither side is happy with the other’s...
Running Away Screaming from the GOP
Why is the election so ugly right now? Why have McCain rallies recently seemed reminiscent of a Skrewdriver concert? I gained some insight the other night while sitting on a dirty couch eating...
From Achilles to Shia LaBeouf, the kickass version of John Cusack
Socrates wrote, “Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.” If this is the case then we should want to know who is wearing the perfume and what deeds have they performed heroically. Not really a...