Friday 27 May 2005

America’s Ready for Hillary

A new USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll shows that most voting Americans are likely to support a Hillary candidacy. Who knows how this will pan out in the next three and a half years, but these numbers are similar to the same support George W. was getting during the same period in 1998, and are stronger than […]

Thursday 26 May 2005

EU — not such a sure union


EU — not such a sure union

Reports from Europe in the last few days are indicating that the all-important Constitution drive may fail. Signing the deal is growing less popular each day in France, which votes on the measure next Sunday, but this sentiment is also growing in the Netherlands, and in the United Kingdom – which has butted heads […]

Wednesday 25 May 2005

Idol finale: Surprises and Stinkers


Tonight’s season finale of American Idol crowned Carrie Underwood as the successor to Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, and Kelly Clarkson. However, the two-hour show seemed to have a few things in common with its host, Ryan Seacrest – it was long-winded, boring, and full of itself.
The show managed to keep our attention by continually promising

Tuesday 24 May 2005

Bo Bombastic, Carrie Canary


Bo Bombastic, Carrie Canary

In the final “competitive” show, Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood both disappointed, then regained the approval of the judges of Fox’s American Idol. Both started off with shakey numbers, then improved by the second act with what seemed to be safe numbers. By the third act, Bo continued the safe trail, while Carrie rose above […]

Corporates Caution Christians


Corporates Caution Christians

The business wing of the Republican Party has found itself in an unusual predicament — telling the moral culture of the party to “slow it down.” This is partly because none of their business agenda is getting Capitol time due to their pre-occupation with morality legislation, and partly because they don’t want the rest of […]