Europe’s Gas Opera

In Guiseppe Verdi’s 1841 opera “Nabucco,” the eponymous Babylonian king: destroys Jerusalem and takes the Jews captive; goes mad and regains sanity; then begs the God of the Hebrews for forgiveness and lets the Jews go. Apparently, someone named Europe’s southern gas corridor project after this classic Italian

The Booth and Beyond: The Global Impact of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

The Booth and Beyond will be cross-posted on Voices Without Votes, a collaboration between Global Voices and Reuters that highlights conversations about the elections in non-American blogs and citizen media.
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With less than a week before the U.S. Presidential elections on November 4th, voters and non-voters the world over are eagerly awaiting [...]

Sarah Palin is Totally and Completely Insane

By Ben Colmery
MIA 2009
No, it’s true. Sarah Palin really is totally and completely insane. Or worse. If you don’t think it’s true, you probably didn’t watch her debate with Joe Biden.  And since John McCain chose her, that means he’s probably insane too (if we don’t already have other forms of evidence). And since millions [...]