World Politics News

The first and only vice-presidential debate for this election just ended. Here's my opinion of their performances (I won't discuss here why I agree more with the policies of Biden/Obama over Palin/McCain). Both maintained their composer well, of course the...

Democrat Roland Burris blocked from Senate Burris was hoping to be seated as I still am but by the Senate after Blogojavich is dealt with and by the wish of the Senate as Burris is a good man!

During a meeting with the business leaders in Louisiana, the U.S President George Bush presented an optimistic perspective to the current economic turmoil by saying that people’s attitude towards economic conditions have changed from “near panic” to a “more relaxed”...

Indians would have remembered John Milton's lines as they stepped into the New Year, "Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud/Turn forth her silver lining on the night?" A hopeful, comforting prospect suddenly appeared from nowhere in the midst...

Updated October 26 Senator John McCain wiped out his rivals in the Republican primaries and won the nomination as the Republican candidate for President. This was a noteworthy achievement for the septuagenarian Vietnam War veteran and former POW in North...

Thousands of ex-braceros still hope to finally receive the wages withheld from their meager pay when they worked in the U.S. as guest workers. During World War II U.S. labor shortages for unskilled fieldworker and railroad positions prompted the Bracero...

Last weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live (with the cast of 'Not Ready for Primetime Players') was not only interesting and hilarious, but the show received its highest ratings since 1994 according to Nielsen Media Research which made it the...

What can one say about the alluring Sarah Palin? At each turn she defies reasonableness, and continues to amaze me with her idiocy. In the summaries below, Palin tells 3rd graders that as VP she will lead policy decisions in...

In the first show of force against the anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok, dozens of riot police fired tear gas to break up a blockade by 4,000 protesters on the Parliament building early this morning. At least three people were seriously...

By now, we've all heard John McCain tout "Joe the Plumber" (an unlicensed plumber) as his poster child for the middle-class American , but what many Americans don't know is that John McCain went through a lengthy selection process (even...