READERS of this column rightly complain that I seem obsessed with the current American Presidential Primary race.
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An American View
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
MIDDLE-aged and older readers here would likely have memories of the award winning American film of the early 90s, starring Bill Murray, called ‘Groundhog Day’.
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Losing by winning
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
YES, in this American Democratic primary season, candidates win by losing and lose by winning and I myself am getting a bit dizzy guiding my readers through the process.
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Hillary as rocky as Balboa
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
THE Democratic primary contest has now moved to Pennsylvania. Although Harrisburg is actually its capital, Philadelphia, as the cradle of American democracy, provides scenic props where the medium reinforces the message.
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RIP Dith Pran
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
IT would be a rare DD reader indeed to whom the name Dith Pran would mean something.
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Myths to vote by
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
LAST month, when most Washington politicos were eagerly extending a St Patrick’s Day welcome to their Belfast and Dublin counterparts, Arizona Senator John McCain was on a Middle East and European victory lap.
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Dollar pump runs dry
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
ALAS, our outgoing First Minister is as out of date on his economics as he is on his theology.
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Piled up problems
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
THE temptation is great to assume that American history is on hold while presidential primaries go on and on.
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President as politician and military leader
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
AS this issue hits your newstands, the people of Ohio and Texas will not only be choosing the next President of the United States but also choosing a commander of 1.3 million armed men and women…
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President as politician and military leader
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
AS this issue hits your newstands, the people of Ohio and Texas will not only be choosing the next President of the United States but also choosing a commander of 1.3 million armed men and women, deployed over five continents, equipped with nuclear weapons sufficient to obliterating life on this planet three times over and supported by a budget greater than that expended to arm the four next most powerful nations.
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