Extending form our discussion in class, BBC news had an article on “Religion and politics in America”, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3658172.stm. It didn’t criticize us for being religious, merely pointed it out, emphasizing the idea that Europeans are not as ( Read more... )

CNN just did an article discussing what we addressed in class in regard to the ‘Global test’. In the article, http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/04/kerry.global/index.html, Kerry spends some time making his circuitous way to the issue, then finally ( Read more... )

When watching the debate, I found myself sometimes concentrating on the details of scene and participants rather than the issues they spoke of. It’s hard to say whether some of these had a positive or negative affect on either candidate, but I thought I’d share nonetheless ( Read more... )

The Bush Administration has said it plans “to loan out a limited amount of crude oil from the nation’s strategic reserve . . to offset shortages caused by Hurricane Ivan.” (http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/23/news/economy/oil_spr/index.htm?cnn=yes) ( Read more... )

Remember the GOP convention, when they showed a clip of Pres. Bush throwing the first pitch of the 2001 World Series? Well apparently it’s been made into a documentary that’s now being advertised center-stage on Bush’s website. Now, is it just me, or does anybody else find this all extremely amusing? The clip from the convention dramatized the ( Read more... )

Everyone gives out statistics to support their claims, but statistics have always about presentation. With all the hype about Bush's great work with improving the economy and creating jobs, I though I'd investigate. The quotes are from the White House's website (http ( Read more... )

I was watching The Daily Show the other day (http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.php?reposid=/multimedia/tds/headlines/9029.html), and although I have no faith in Jon’s ‘impartiality’, he did raise an interesting point. At their ( Read more... )