The end of the semester, and thus of our year here in the U.S., is approaching fast and we are beginning to feel bad about having to leave our friends, schools and Beacon Hill behind. It’s been an amazing year…
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No longer absent without leave
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday said that the U.S. is no longer “absent without leave” in the global climate change response. She, and her boss Barack Obama (see earthday speech below), says that America is now ready to take…
Boston is blooming
Summer is finally here and Boston is a really beautiful place. Beacon Hill where we live have trees lining the streets and they are all exploding in white, green and pink now and a lot of people have flowerpots and…
Outrage continues
Listen to this hilarious comment by US senator Charles Grassley regarding the AIG $165m bonuses Grassley has since taken back parts of the comment.
Posted in Life in Boston, Miscellaneous
It’s a revolution
Maybe the most fascinating aspect of the financial crisis the last few weeks has been the outright revolution against the business elite. For every day that passes politicians are perceived more and more as the only ones concerned about the…
National Guard Warrior
Take a look at this new promotional video from the Army National Guard. Scary stuff. Is this really a serious way to recruit people for a life and death job where we ideally do not want people applying because it…
Posted in It's personal now, Life in Boston
Presidential address to the nation
Yesterday Obama held his first address to the nation and it’s absolutely worth watching. Again the president delivered a serious but sanguine speech and showed a pragmatism and dogma-free politics that I admire much. Some favourite excerpts: The fact is,…