Japanese Protectionism, Latinos in the USA and The Age of Reason

I have to say, I love my iPad.  Everyday I pick it up about 15 times and flick through the various news apps to take a quick pulse of what is happening in the world.  When I tire of the news I can quickly switch to my books or watch a documentary on Netflix. I…… Continue reading Japanese Protectionism, Latinos in the USA and The Age of Reason

USA Credit Rating Downgrade

Well, by now you’ve heard that the USA had their credit rating downgraded by Standard and Poors.   A quick check of the responses by the GOP all blamed Obama except for one.  That person was Ron Paul.  He said the following. “Unfortunately, the game in Washington has been one of partisan blaming and bipartisan…… Continue reading USA Credit Rating Downgrade

Nightly News BBC, PBS and Fox News

Just a warning, I’m feeling very feisty tonight.  I currently am listening to Rammstein and have had two glasses of a very nice Chardonnay.   The idea for this post came while watching the nightly newscast of BBC and PBS WHILE drinking the Chardonnay and once I get the post out of my system I’ll…… Continue reading Nightly News BBC, PBS and Fox News

History Repeating Itself.

Well well well. In the spirit of the new GC design celebrating short comments, here is my 50 cents. It’s prompted by a blog post in my native tongue, Danish, which most of you will be unable to read (don’t trust google translate with minor languages): http://mchangama.blogs.berlingske.dk/2011/06/12/evigt-solskin-i-et-pletfrit-sind/. Anyway the post is by thorough nice guy…… Continue reading History Repeating Itself.

Inside Job

For tonight’s entertainment I watched a very powerful documentary called “Inside Job.”  Now, there are plenty of books, documentaries etc on the financial crisis.  Well, let me tell you, this is one to watch and I’ll offer you an insight you’ll only get from The Global Citizen.  I won’t bore you with details, incitement, and…… Continue reading Inside Job