In an interview to go out live on Yahoo, Bush has revealed how he gave up golf out of respect for the lives lost since the beginning of the war on Iraq in 2003.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I […]

Obama Victorious, Clinton on the Ropes, cancelling appearances
NY Times Coverage
Washington Post Coverage

Hillary Rodham Clinton ground out a gritty victory in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday night, defeating Barack Obama and staving off elimination in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Some counted me out and said to drop out,” the former first lady told supporters cheering her triumph in a state where she was outspent by […]

The American Supreme Court yesterday upheld Kentucky’s method of execution by lethal injection, rejecting the claim that officials there administered a common sequence of three drugs in a manner that posed an unconstitutional risk that a condemned inmate would suffer acute yet undetectable pain.
In the current cases … the constitutionality of the death penalty is […]

As part of my work I deal with people from all over the world. This morning I found myself out at reception, meeting a lady from Cuba and my instinct was to cheerfully reply I would be visiting her country this Summer and was excitedly counting down the days to travelling there. I caught myself […]

Maybe the only blog Simon has linked to on the side of the page that I have never visited, until now that is,  This is Zimbabwe, offers some on the ground insights into the current election controversy.

If I were more awake this morning I might try to make some witty remark or god knows even research some quotes from Cleese that could be adapted by Obama in delivering some speeches - instead I’m just going to link to the story here. With the support of funny men like Larry David and John […]

I’ve been tuned out of events this past week so a quick trawl through some news websites rendered the following stories.
Hillary’s Chief Strategist has resigned. The woman’s problems seem to forever be coming from within her own camp.
Obama asserting his patriotism.
The media revealing details of John McCain’s son on tour in Iraq - a detail […]

Dick Cheney puts what I can only call an ‘ugly’ spin on this milestone in describing the US army as an all volunteer force, heralding Bush as the person carrying the biggest burden in the midst of this disaster. No word of course of the civilian cost to the people of Iraq. Read more here.

I’ve walked the halls of the Legislative Office Building in Albany, New York and though never meeting Governor Spitzer, there was never a shortage of suggestion, allegation and rumour about many of the elected representatives. Behaviour of such questionable standards lead to a ban on interns attending events where alcohol was served and a strict […]