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Monthly Archives: June 2008

AMERICA

06-Jun-08

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Barack Obama’s Epic Win:
The historic nature of Obama’s victory is portrayed in racial terms. But Obama will join William Jennings Bryan (1896), Woodrow Wilson (1912) and Jimmy Carter (1976) as one of the rare Democrats nominated for president in the heady first years of their appearance on a national stage. Five years ago, Obama [...]

Not Too Far From The Truth

01-Jun-08

I was having a hasty and unhealthy dinner at a fast food restaurant when the lady opposite me who was there with her entourage of 7 year old daughter, inexperienced maid attaché, and baby in a stroller advised her daughter on the evils of coffee consumption (I’ve taken some liberties cutting out her Singlish, of [...]