American links
US States by levels of reported happiness: Utah wins! (And there is a correlation between happiness and average income.)
Chart allowing one to follow migrant groups settlement patterns.
The US as a nation of jailers. Responding that the victims of crime also count.
The Obama Administration is trying to do an awful lot of diplomatic activity all at once. The Obama team is turning out to be very hard to get hold of. About the mishandling of UK PM Brown’s visit to the White House. Wondering about the quality of the folk around Obama. Wondering about the deep and continuing problems nominating key personnel. There has been much less focus on appointing the economic policy team than the foreign affairs one. Worrying about the lack of clarity in what matters.
President Obama is addicted to his teleprompter. A teleprompter oops. Analysing Obama as Hamlet: this is perhaps the most brutal analysis of his lack of experience I have seen.
Wondering if Obama’s glaring inconsistencies will catch up with him. A case in point. His approval ratings are below where Dubya’s were at the same stage in his Presidency. The AIG bailout and executive bonuses and the dangers for the Administration.
Some of Madoff’s victims went to watch him plead guilty.
Chart allowing one to follow migrant groups settlement patterns.
The US as a nation of jailers. Responding that the victims of crime also count.
The Obama Administration is trying to do an awful lot of diplomatic activity all at once. The Obama team is turning out to be very hard to get hold of. About the mishandling of UK PM Brown’s visit to the White House. Wondering about the quality of the folk around Obama. Wondering about the deep and continuing problems nominating key personnel. There has been much less focus on appointing the economic policy team than the foreign affairs one. Worrying about the lack of clarity in what matters.
President Obama is addicted to his teleprompter. A teleprompter oops. Analysing Obama as Hamlet: this is perhaps the most brutal analysis of his lack of experience I have seen.
Wondering if Obama’s glaring inconsistencies will catch up with him. A case in point. His approval ratings are below where Dubya’s were at the same stage in his Presidency. The AIG bailout and executive bonuses and the dangers for the Administration.
Some of Madoff’s victims went to watch him plead guilty.