Now that the Dow Jones has climbed back to over 10,000, one would expect a huge sigh of relief if not celebrations. Banners should be flying; Democrats should be crowing that the stimulus package worked; President Obama should be announcing mission accomplished. Surprisingly, none of this is taking place. For, rather than focusing on the […]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
WoW
Much to a general surprise, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Immediately, two questions were posed: Did he deserve the award? Was it premature to give it to him? The Nobel Committee specifically spoke of his efforts to improve the international atmosphere by re-invigorating multilateral diplomacy as well as the United Nations. […]
What Next ?
International Geneva and Switzerland were the focus of three important diplomatic events last week, but the results are not yet easily determined. Far from the press frenzy of the Roman Polanski case, some serious news events were taking place with potentially noteworthy consequences.
First, and in no particular order, Richard Goldstone presented his findings on the […]
