I think it’s despicable to say that there’s a “real America” and the rest of America. It’s divisive, hateful, and completely against the ideals that America tries to stand for. It’s equally dangerous to say that those people who don’t hold the same social/religious views as you are less “patriotic.” Haven’t [...]

Although today’s biggest headlines were in the Middle East and South Asia, as I was scrolling through the headlines about Japan I couldn’t help but notice this lead: Japanese Yen Has Huge One-Day Decline; Helps Market Rally.
Really now. When was the last time you heard a market rally over currency devaluation? Unfortunately for [...]

One of the advantages/disadvantages of living in the United States is that the world tends to take an interest in your “internal domestic affairs.” Several well-known publications in connecting with international polling companies have surveyed global citizens asking who they would vote for. Some of the results are as follows:

Foreign Policy/Gallup: Electoral Map [...]

One of the upsides of the financial crisis (if there are in fact any good points) is that it’s providing a good opportunity for people to learn about economic concepts like interbank loans and credit default swaps.
Need some data? Head on over to amazon.com. The first economic-related book to come up in the [...]

On Saturday the US removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. While Western media highlighted that the announcement was meant to “break a two-month deadlock in the six party talks,” Japanese media is far from pleased with the development. Japanese press expressed particular concern over Japan’s being left in [...]

Below, Palin tries to discuss the bailout package, Russia, the “bridge to nowhere,” the Supreme Court, (not) reading the media, domestic oil. We should all be scared, and I don’t think I can cringe hard enough. She doesn’t even admit when she’s out of her league. It’s complete and utter BS. [...]

I’ve tried to keep this blog more-or-less politically neutral (i.e. not writing about my own political leanings), but I fear that as we near election day, this is going to be increasingly difficult to keep up. First, perhaps I’m hopelessly naive, but I’d like to think that politicians (especially those running for our country’s [...]

Perhaps against my better judgment I put my life on hold for one evening (no studying, no gym, barely any email) and watched the vice presidential candidates’ debate. By way of disclaimer, I’m not a swing voter, and if you handed me a ballot today I’d mark my choice without a moment’s hesitation. [...]