Progressive News and Commentary from the UK, EU and US by Europe-Based US Journalist Denis Campbell and Colleagues.

Wednesday
3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Washington Post’

Spooky Halloween Talking Points

By Denis Campbell • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Features
The Last Campaign Weekend…
Happy Halloween, here are the points for this, the last Friday before we know the result. 
• Scary News That’s Fit to Print
The New York Times reports: the tab for the presidential campaign approaches a shocking $2 billion. Clearly, the system must be fixed.
• Most popular Halloween themes: 
Obama and McCain pumpkin carvings, Sarah [...]


What’s in the News Today?

By Denis Campbell • Oct 18th, 2008 • Category: Features
 
by Denis Campbell
Newspaper Editorial Board endorsements are overwhelmingly going to Senator Barack Obama by a continually growing margin of almost 4:1. McCain did not pick up an endorsement yesterday. While the more traditionally liberal newspapers such as The Boston Globe, Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle all support Obama, there are a number of surprises [...]


Fiction is Better Than This Reality

By Denis Campbell • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Features
 

by Denis Campbell
“What will be the next thing that challenges us? That makes us work harder and go farther? You know, when smallpox was eradicated, it was considered the single greatest humanitarian achievement of this century. Surely, we can do it again. As we did in the time when our eyes looked towards the heavens, [...]


To Borrow A Title: What’s The Matter With Minnesota?

By Charley James • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Reflections
by Charley James
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the Iraq War at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul yesterday, and all but a tiny handful of them were peaceful. Yet I had American cable TV and radio news on all day but only BBC World carried anything about the protests.
Instead, what cable’s bloviators [...]


McCain’s Straight Talk Express Flipped Then Flopped

By Denis Campbell • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Features, Politics
When will the Dems learn to that bringing a knife to gun fight is not very smart? When will they learn to play the refs better (the media) for the free ride John McCain continues to get whilst Obama supports the FISA bill only to catch the corporate thieves in criminal liability when elected and [...]