Candidates for office in America have traditionally sent out regular campaign emails. If you wish to support a candidate, one way is to sign up to receive their daily, weekly, or monthly email updates. It’s a tried and tested method for spreading a candidate’s views efficiently. However, this past presidential election saw a change in…
What does it take to convince Kim Jong-il to do something the US wants? It takes celebrity attention. Let me explain. Earlier this year, two American journalists from California were imprisoned in North Korea. They had entered the country illegally from China. For this offence, they were sentenced to 12 years hard labour. The US…
A series of unfortunate events occurred in the United States in the last couple of weeks: a jammed door, an emergency call, a huge misunderstanding, an accusation, an arrest, and some really terrible statements to the press. I am referring, of course, to the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. last month…
Lets face it, Financial regulation is in a mess. For too long the government has been happy to sit back and do a bit of political tweaking here and there, but no more. Lord Myners, City minister, crumbled at the Treasury committee meeting after the government published their White Paper on financial regulation. This was…
This current recession calls for new and innovative responses. Not to worry. The G8, plus a few others, put their heads together to tackle economic problems around the world. Soon, the G8 will most likely begin to incorporate other nations, creating a new G14 or G24. Nations like China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico…
