I know it’s late but I thought I’d take a moment to thank Pamela Leavey for her kind invitation to include my ramblings here on this wonderful site. I’ve been a fan for ages and am honored that she thought to invite me to post here. So rather than jump right into things I wanted [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Hillary Clinton '08, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
Via Le Monde , the Ministers of Finances of the Euro Zone have issued strong statements regarding corporate executives compensations, calling them “scandalous” and they are looking at ways to curb such excesses.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of The Eurogroup (an emanation of the Euro zone for coordination of different countries [...]
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Filed under: Economic News, Economy, In The News, International, Political News, World News
Note: This is something I wrote in 2004 and I reproduce intact without any changes. It is in line with my thinking on Progressive Blogosphere 2.0 and defining a 21st Century Liberalism. I never finished it so it’s not my best work. But you get the idea.
The past three years has seen the emergence of [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, George W. Bush, Gilbert Martinez, Political News, Politics, Republicans
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog
My blog bookmark listing is getting thinner every day. That goes along with the shrinking respect I had for some bloggers in the past. Boy has this primary been a reality check. Here is someone who used to be one of my favorite bloggers, Hilzoy, subbing for Kevin Drum at [...]
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Filed under: Barack Obama '08, DNC, Election '08, Hillary Clinton '08, In The Blogosphere, Opinions, Politics, Presidential Primaries, RFK, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Sexism
In an OP/ED in the NY Post today, Hillary Clinton clarifies that her remarks about RFK were “entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different - and completely unthinkable,” and she goes on to explain why she continues to run. Despite the fact the Robert Kennedy, Jr. has spoken out and [...]
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Filed under: Barack Obama '08, Democrats, Election '08, Hillary Clinton '08, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
There have been comments here (and elsewhere) in recent days/weeks, that the Democratic Party as we know it is slipping away, unraveling and disappearing before our very eyes. Among the issues that are being cited, is as Sean Wilentz articulates in the HuffPo, that “the Barack Obama campaign and its sympathizers have begun to articulate [...]
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Filed under: Barack Obama '08, Democrats, Election '08, Hillary Clinton '08, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Polls, Presidential Primaries, Racism, State Politics
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
I have already written about the predatory state in the case of Gabon. But here is an interesting story of what happens when a government fights back and demands retribution for predatory governance by a previous administration. This is what is happening in Zambia (via the BBC ):
“The Zambian government [...]
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Filed under: BBC, Frenchdoc, International, Politics, World News
Hi everyone,
my name is Frenchdoc. I am Professor of Sociology and Globalization Studies at a large college in the Midwest. I am also the owner of The Global Sociology Blog. I blog mostly about global issues that we, Western people, should care about because they affect us and we affect them in many ways.
Pamela was [...]
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Filed under: Democratic Daily, Foreign Policy, Frenchdoc, International, Pamela Leavey, World News
