Almost American

Many years ago, when I was an undergraduate at university in the UK, I dated an Argentinian for a short time. I remember him asking me about...

" Uncle Jay " has a weekly show to "help small minds understand big news." This week's show: Swine flu? That's ...

One can only hope!

Quite by chance I ended up watching the second part of Britz on BBCAmerica last night. Shortly before the end I was pleased to discover tha...

The polls have not yet closed in my state, yet Yahoo's state-by state results map shows that 3% of precincts have already reported their...

I saw this on a car at work this week: Apparently this is the third Obama bumper sticker that's been put on this vehicle. The first two ...

I had never heard Colin Powell speak at length before viewing the video clip below, but I had heard good things about him. I was impressed w...

It makes sense that a lot of people all over the world are intensely interested in the outcome of the US presidential election even though t...

Seen on another blog : JESUS WAS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER; PONTIUS PILATE WAS A GOVERNOR. Hmm - but didn't Pontius Pilate have Jesus kille...

Even elementary school children around here are discussing the upcoming presidential election. The children are clearly influenced in their ...

I usually just delete chain emails that have been sent to me and dozens of the sender's closest friends. The one I got today was a littl...

I voted all of once in the United Kingdom before I left. Then for many years I couldn't vote in the USA, and although technically I had ...

I had this blogpost scheduled to post tonight and then found that Gaby of Bloody Brilliant had beaten me to it. I do like JibJab!