Archive for November, 2007

30 Nov

Romney Maintains Solid Lead in Granite State

A new Rasmussen Reports survey in New Hampshire finds Mitt Romney leading the Republican presidential race with 34%, followed by Rudy Giuliani at 15%, Sen. John McCain at 15% and Mike Huckabee at 14%.

Of the six Rasmussen polls conducted so far in the first primary state, both Romney and Huckabee now record their highest levels of support while Giuliani is at his lowest level.

30 Nov

Will More Young People Vote in 2008?

You can begin your quest for an answer here. I had a young man from Florida in my freshman English class in the…

30 Nov

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30 Nov

Questiongate

I said yesterday regarding the CNN You Tube debate: “A problem remains: CNN chose the questions. That is a legitimate editorial…

30 Nov

Anguilla: Invasive vs. Native

As a common beach plant threatens to take over the island of Sombrero and eliminate the remaining native species, Corruption-free Anguilla asks: “Why are they spending money sending people to invasive species workshops if we then fail to do the actual work?”

30 Nov

China: Shanghai Stock Market

Fons from China Herald comments on the ups and downs of Shanghai stock Market.

30 Nov

China: Visiting AIDS’ Village

Today (Nov 30), the Premier of the State Council Wen Jia-bao visits the AIDS village in Hunan, his last visit was three years ago. AIDS activist Hu Jia pointed out that this years, villagers were more anxious than excited when compared with last time. Nothing substantial has changed and this year the police had already […]

30 Nov

Ukraine: The Coalition, At Last

Orange Ukraine reports on the formation of the long-awaited ‘democratic coalition' - and the disappearance of Yulia Tymoshenko's famous braid.

30 Nov

Russia: ?Enemies of Russia?=?Enemies of the People??

Window on Eurasia writes: “Russian President Vladimir Putin’s characterization of his political opponents and those standing behind them as ‘the enemies of Russia' has sparked a discussion among his supporters about the relationship of that term to Stalin’s notorious one, ‘the enemies of the people.' Pavel Danilin, editor of the pro-Putin website Kreml.org, addressed that […]

30 Nov

Russia: Video Interview With Ludmila Alekseeva

Robert Amsterdam posts a YouTube interview with human rights activist Ludmila Alekseeva (in Russian, with English subtitles).