Fast forward to Obama’s next failure in Copenhagen

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  October 2nd at 12:47 PM  | 

Obviously, Barack Obama had a bad day in Copenhagen today with the failure of Chicago’s bid for the Olympics. Of course, many Chicagoans were mixed. (I was negative for a variety of reasons including the inability of the South Side, where I lived for 8 years, to handle the infrastructural requirements) But it is worth pointing out that this story will not go away. In | Read More »

A signal that the European Parliament can govern from the right

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  September 17th at 09:53 AM  | 

And now for a little bit of European news on a day that may he packed with it due to President Obama abandoning our allies in Eastern Europe for the Russians. Yesterday, the European Parliament re-elected Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission. Not a big deal right? Not exactly. You see, this is the first time that the leadership of the European Union | Read More »