By Denis Campbell
Only party leaders and media pundits seem to care that 27-member countries of the European Union head to the polls Thursday through Sunday of this week to vote for the entire 736-member European Parliament. The UK and indeed Europe faces the lowest recognition election in the history of voting. “Election, what election, there’s [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
NYC suburb, Greenwich, CT has 55 houses for sale asking $9 million dollars or more. Staff at East Hampton Airport on Long Island, a scene of private Gulfstream jet gridlock, says traffic is down 35%. Bettridge Jewelers on Wall Street, sees traffic mostly selling off jewells to make mortgage payments. It means deals on classic pieces [...]

Ten years abroad and I have to say it is getting better. I now have C-SPAN and MSNBC streaming live convention feeds on each computer, CNN is taping on SKY+ in case Mr. Sandman calls before 5 am local time. The DNCC have an amazing online HD Player for streaming video that is better than [...]

The BBC reported a Missouri, USA car dealership offered a promotion where if one buys a car or truck, they can get either $250 in petrol vouchers or a free handgun. UK laws forbidding gun ownership aside for the moment, if they were to change, could this be a marketing opportunity for businesses in the [...]

A centrepiece of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s environmental policy is the active building and promotion of so-called Eco-towns, specially designated areas of land upon which specially designed zero carbon footprint ecologically smart homes, schools and retail establishments will rest. Green projects have attracted enormous investor interest but the six-month long collapse of the home mortgage [...]

Talking ‘With’ Rather Than ‘At’ Each Other on the Campaign Trail
This e-magazine had its busiest day ever last week by mentioning one man’s name – MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. I happen to like the guy and his work even if he periodically goes off the emotional deep end. Keith is mostly honest, open and brutal and [...]

There was a time when those selected to sit upon the US Supreme Court would vote 9-0 to affirm the document upon which their position was formed as one of three equal parts of the US government. The UK court system was also paralysed yesterday when Law Lords ruled against the use of anonymous witnesses [...]

The George W. and Laura Bush EU farewell tour continued yesterday in the UK. After tea with Her Majesty at Windsor Castle, it was time for a lavish dinner with Gordon Brown at Number 10 Downing Street where the main topic was please, don’t pull your troops out of Iraq before my term ends. Prime [...]

The 2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT SUV weighs 7,200 pound (3.5 tons), has a 403 hp, 6.2 litre V-8 engine, gets less than 15 miles (4 miles per litre) to a gallon of petrol and the tank is 31 gallons or 119 litres. At today’s UK petrol price of £1.17 per litre it would cost £140 [...]

Yesterday afternoon my wife said the two older kids (8 and 7) were talking about where babies come from and how one gets pregnant. Kids think very linearly and there is a beautiful simple innocent directness to how their minds link all questions and answers.
My daughter asked if one needed a boyfriend to get pregnant.
My [...]