September, 2008

The Süddeutsche Zeitung published this interesting commentary September 12 by Russian playwright Yevgeny Grischkowez.

The Times' commentary, part observation from a motel window, part finger-wagging at America, and part book review, maintains that there is bad news and good news about the alleged U.S. contribution to a global energy and environmental crisis.

For many months, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have taken center stage in both American and European news and analytical reports.

The Times of London reports that Sarah Palin has linked her electoral success to a Kenyan pastor who "founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells." Palin says his prayer "he

The media in the two top Western financial centers, London and New York, differed in emphasis in their reporting of Sunday's dramatic turmoil on Wall Street – including the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers – with the British media tending to highlight the human side, while their American counterparts stressed the enormity of the blow to U.S. and global financial systems.

While some Americans questioned whether Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin could hold high office and simultaneously look after five children, an article in The New York Times examined the difficulties faced