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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Dutch’

All Aboard – Amtrak Is Full Up

By Denis Campbell • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Business Issues
Now that Joe Biden may live this January in Naval Observatory Circle as Vice President that would free a seat daily on Amtrak’s Northeast corridor. But will it be enough? Amtrak ridership was up 14% in July and because of the high cost of petrol more than 28 million people (up from 25.6 million) will [...]


SportCenter Not !

By Denis Campbell • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
(Reprise article)
What I would give to just once hear the ESPN SportsCenter duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh theme here in eastern Holland’s Achterhoek region. Living in Europe means the death of the sports I grew up loving.
While America was intrigued and beguiled by outstanding performances on the Salt Lake City speed-skating oval, unless you live in Wisconsin or [...]


On Race and Differences

By Denis Campbell • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Features
Gary Younge of The Guardian Newspaper wrote a disturbingly true piece on the growth of race as the key issue in the current US Presidential election. Younge, a black man, speaks openly about the Clinton candidacy’s cynical use of race to destroy Barack Obama’s electability. As a person of colour, as I believe we all [...]