After a long-winded post, a short and simple one. North Sea Diaries has an interesting piece comparing the US and EU constitutions, and makes some pertinent points. The US constitution is, after all, one of the finest political documents ever … Continue reading →

A while back, on another site, I suggested that a multilingual Euroblog might be a nice idea – posts written in several languages, with translations provided. Well, some of the folk at the wonder that is Metafilter have come up … Continue reading →

Even slightly? Well, it’s got through to the final round of Deutche Welle’s Weblog Awards 2004, in the category “Best Journalistic Weblog – English”, which is a rather nice surprise. It’s like being nominated for an Oscar or something, only … Continue reading →

“America must not again fall into the trap of letting the end, however great that end is, justify the means.” This may have been said on April 30th 1973, but it is as true today as it was then. Nixon … Continue reading →

Controversial Italian EU Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione has stood down. Why the hell didn’t he do this before, and save the ridiculous situation we’ve had over the last few weeks? God knows… To be fair, I can see his point – … Continue reading →

Looks like our old mate Osama bin Laden has opted for telling the truth: America’s screwed no matter who the next president is, and Dick Cheney is a liar for suggesting otherwise. (OK, so that last bit was me, not … Continue reading →

Manic‘s done it again. Spot on, and to be watched in full. Update: Oh, and while you’re at it, check out American Politics 101 – the facts, ma’am, and nothing but the facts… Update 2: Let’s keep a positive mental … Continue reading →

E-day minus 4 and it’s the home straight for BC and KE ’04. Kerry looks worried, dragging former President Clinton from his hospital bed. However, despite the infamous wolves ad, which leapt out of the GOP camp last week, Bush … Continue reading →

“What you say on the Internet can affect your real life. Due to what I said online, I now have an FBI file. And due to certain policies that a certain administration has instituted, I could now be placed on … Continue reading →

Yep, 58,000 postal votes in Florida have disappeared. That’s FIFTY-EIGHT THOUSAND. In a state which was won in 2000 by just 537 votes. The US postal service inspectorate has said they find it “highly unlikely” that so many could simply … Continue reading →

Colorado, with 9 electoral college votes, is another closely-fought swing-state, which makes these reports of voting problems rather worrying: “People in several of the most populous counties in Colorado (Arapahoe, Denver, El Paso and Jefferson) will be voting on touch-screen, … Continue reading →

Well that‘s going to improve people’s faith in the EU isn’t it? The system is, in any case, a bad one, and this is just going to underline the point further. More on this whole sorry affair here, here, here, … Continue reading →

I believe in President George W. Bush. I’ve always believed him. I believe the president invaded Iraq to secure liberty and democracy for the Iraqi people. I believe he had compelling evidence that Iraq was a significant threat to America … Continue reading →

Bush says His Party is Wrong to Oppose Gay Civil Unions. Oh, sorry – that must have been another US President George W Bush who wanted to amend the US Constitution to ban this then… (Yes, I know that technically … Continue reading →