Though many aspects of Spain are incredibly backwards, there’s something incredibly modern about their politics.
They don’t have silly minority parties like the Lib Dems, they don’t have mad communist parties like in France, and they actually talk about the problems instead of personalities, unlike Britain.
What most struck me though, is their campaigning, and I have two main examples of [...]
Today marks Barack Obama’s 100th day in the White House. I have no idea how or why we need to judge him at day 100, since its little more than a nice figure to look at. 3 months, perhaps. 6 months, I get. Days, I do not.
Regardless, I’ve always been a cynical supporter of Obama. [...]
With political change comes cultural change. As the world experiences the largest political change for eight years, writers, satirists, cartoonists and impressionists will change too.
The problem they all face though, is that Obama just isn’t funny. The key to satire is finding an angle, what we in the business call a “take”. Nobody has been [...]
Obamamania will end in disappointment for all. Barack Obama’s media portrayal, persona and reception really are too good to be true, and the result will be hubris on his part and disillusionment on ours.
While there is a feeling of inevitability (a word used advisedly) that Obama is the president-in-waiting, his image is also built around [...]
The question raised by every political commentator this week comes from America; Will the USA elect its first black male, its first white female, or its forty-fourth rich white male, to the presidency?
The answer is, of course, impossible to tell at this stage; the parties are in the process of choosing their candidates. The one [...]
