Why do you like Sarah Palin? “Because she is a good mother,” was one of the many ridiculous opinions I heard during the coverage of the Republican National Convention. What is wrong with the above statement? Let’s look at the question, shall we? “Why do you like Sarah Palin?” was asked by a CBS reporter to random RNC attendees. The question is simple enough, yet there is something hidden there. I bet they were hoping, no, counting on some pretty insane responses. Ask and ye shall receive. The answer: “Because she is a good mother.” What does Sarah Palin being …

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Crowds were battling for the latest papers…. On every corner, in every open space, thick groups were clustered; arguing soldiers and students…The Petrograd Soviet was meeting continuously at Smolny, a centre of storm, delegates falling down asleep on the floor and rising again to take part in the debate, Trotsky, Kamenev, Volodarsky speaking six, eight, twelve hours a day…”
— Jack Reed

Róger Calero, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. President, probably envisions a future of America not …

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In a time when consumers’ views of the economy are gloomier than they’ve been in five years, the Presidential candidates are devoting more and more rhetoric to fixing our stalled economy. While the Democratic candidates announced government remedies to help heal the situation, Republican candidate John McCain got more specific about his solution to the pending recession than ever before: let the market figure it out. Here’s an excerpt from his Tuesday speech in front of Latino businessmen:

“I have …

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Pundits and political junkies – from the left and right – have gotten so nostalgic about the Barack Obama bid for Presidency that they’ve started comparing his candidacy to South Dakota Sen. George McGovern’s 1972 bid against Nixon. Sure, like McGovern, Obama has broad youth support and is attempting to surprise the Old Guard Democrats by winning the Presidential nomination. But all comparisons should end there.

Obama is commonly labeled as the heroic anti-war candidate challenging a pro-war Hillary Clinton, in the sense that Obama was against the …

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I’ve seem to have drifted off the news path on this so-called blog, and I’m sure the four of you who read this are pretty pretty pretty disappointed. So here’s some hardcore news from the past few days that will give some junkies a small fix.

Castros

First off, Fidel Castro resigned as president of Cuba last Tuesday 49 years after he obtained power in a revolution. This gives the UK and the US a chance to move Cuba toward democracy, though Washington said they will not lift the current trade embargo. That is exactly what the US should …

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