Media circus for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – Cirque médiatique pour Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I sometimes feel uneasy about my job. That was the case yesterday at Columbia University, when I covered the speech held by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hundreds of protesters – mostly from Jewish groups – showed up to criticize the Iranian president. They were very vocal and had a lot to say, which technically made my job [...]

What is going on in Texas? – Que se passe-t-il au Texas?

Joseph Lave. The man was scheduled to die last week. But last Thursday, a judge spared a convicted double murderer who was set to die, after the prosecutor’s office discovered evidence they believed had been withheld from the condemned man’s attorneys. One might really question the district attorney’s handling of the case. How could he [...]

My September 12

September 11 was a weird day. First there was General Petraeus asking for more time for the U.S. troops to succeed in Iraq. It seems to me that this man of honor was on a  mission to sell a policy. But I might be wrong. I hope to be wrong because my son and our [...]

Power to the dogs – Pouvoir aux chiens!

I love America. Do you know why? Where in the world can you find a woman registering her dog to vote? Jane Balogh, 66, did just that last year. And she paid the price for it. Last week, the woman from Seattle agreed to pay a $250 fine and perform 10 hours of communityservice [...]

Larry Craig might stay after all – Larry Craig ne démissionnera peut-être pas

You have got to respect the man. Senator Larry Craig of Idaho has been caught in June during a gay sex sting operation in a bathroom at Minneapolis airport. Las week, he has been publicly humiliated. He has been criticized by Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate, who do not want to have anything to [...]

Back to Business with a twist- De retour aux affaires mais avec une pointe de différence

In the week since I have come back from Jamaica, a man’s life has been spared on death row in Texas (!), I have met with the Backstreet Boys, a republican Senator has had to resign for soliciting sex in an airport restroom, Barack Obama positioned himself as the man who could bring change to [...]