US Election Series: Wisconsin denies Jill Stein’s request for hand count
Nov 29, 2016 10:07 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Wisconsin Elections Commission Chairman, Mark Thomsen, a Democrat, announced earlier that the committee would follow through with Steins recount request but denied a request that the recount be conducted by hand. According...
François Fillon wins French Republican primary
Nov 28, 2016 11:03 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Over the weekend, the former Prime Minister under President Nicolas Sarkozy, François Fillon has won the right-wing Republican primary on Sunday. Last week, in the first primary, Mr. Fillon unexpectedly best both...
US Election Series: How much votes Clinton needs to win to turn the outcome?
Nov 28, 2016 10:04 am UTC| Commentary Politics
It is now official that Hillary Clintons campaign will support the recount effort in key battleground states. On Saturday, in a post on Medium, Marc Elias, the Clinton teams general counsel, said the campaign would take...
US Election Series: Clinton backs Stein’s recount, America closer to chaos
Nov 28, 2016 05:58 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Over the weekend, Hillary Clintons campaign said that they would join Green Party candidate Jill Steins petition to recount the votes in Wisconsin and would also join recount process in two other key battleground states;...
Obama's legacy will be forever tarnished by his inaction in Syria
Nov 26, 2016 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As his administration winds down, Barack Obama has plenty to be proud of. He can point to international breakthroughs that seemed unthinkable when he took office, from the nuclear agreement with Iran to the reopening of...
Political dialogue is a lost art in Venezuela and the Vatican's intervention won't help
Nov 26, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
For the uninitiated, it is difficult to understand whats wresting Venezuela apart. For the past year, a convoluted political confrontation the product of the hardening and mutually exclusive interests held by the...
Why journalistic 'balance' is failing the public
Nov 26, 2016 04:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Politics
Renowned reporter Christiane Amanpour recently told a conference of the Committee to Protect Journalists that they should aim for truth over neutrality. Watching the recent US presidential campaign unfold, she said she was...