Month: December 2010

I like some of his books but I think it is fair to say that Gore Vidal is the prototypical self-loathing liberal American. Republicans sometimes call this the “Blame America First” phenomenon, but that was never...

The Christmas to New Year period is traditionally when I draw breath and take time out to think about the year ahead. For Ireland, 2010 has been about as traumatic a year as we have faced in the last century, ranking with the...

Okay. No reparations. Never have to say you’re sorry. I think I’ve got this American thing down. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is continuing to blast the government’s recent discrimination settlement with...

The title to this story paraphrases comments made in an interview of defeated Democratic Representative John Hall. He blames the Supreme Court decision in Citizen’s United case, which permits corporations to anonymously...

. Brazil’s Silva sees record approval rating SAO PAULO — Brazil’s president is seeing record approval ratings with just over two weeks left before he leaves office. The Ibope polling institute says Luiz Inacio...