Joe Scott 3: The Body Politic

After Mumbai

30 November 2008 |permalink | email article

With the terrorist siege over in India’s financial capital the obvious indication is that Pakistan and perhaps al-Qaeda too, would be blamed for the attacks.

But, as Robert D. Kaplan, national correspondent for The Atlantic reports online, the possibility… read full story

No One’s In Charge

28 November 2008 |permalink | email article

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on the interregnum: “Having two presidents is starting to feel like we have no president, and that’s the situation we’ll face until Inauguration Day.”

Barack Obama said, “We have only one President at… read full story

Thanksgiving Parable

27 November 2008 |permalink | email article

“There are now 36.2 million Americans who cope daily with hunger, up by more than 3 million since 2000, according to the Food Research and Action Center in Washington, D.C. The number of people in the worst-off category –… read full story