Today John McCain gave himself the big shot in the foot (or maybe head) that may be decisive. He has chosen as his Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who is known for taking on the oil companies in Alaska, which she has been governor of for 18 months. Prior to that she was mayor of […]
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McCain’s Folly – the view from New Jersey
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Faith to Faith? I’m sweating it out
Friday, July 22nd, 2005Most of the US is sweltering, my pink and soft Canberra body (and spirit) no longer able to easily deal with the combination of heat and high humidity. It was hot in London, too, when we departed our hotel in Russell Square just a few days before the bombings. I was late joining my spouse […]
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On a sense of persepctive
Monday, June 28th, 2004The sight of yet another hostage, marine Hassoun Wassef Ali, in Iraq being prepared for the grisly ritual of arraignment, soon to be refused demands, and then the brutal beheading – all delivered to us on the web – is truly and deeply sickening. It is easy to refuse this horror and to a certain […]
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The Honourable Bill Richardson – the dark horse for the John Kerry ticket?
Friday, June 18th, 2004NOW that US election campaigning has resumed – it was suspended by the Democrat candidate, John Kerry, for a week as a tribute to Ronald Reagan – attention has quickly turned to who might be Kerry’s “running mate”. The Vice Presidential candidates are much more important than are the Vice Presidents. Generally, the successful candidate’s […]
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