Political

My three grandchildren are of mixed heritage – Caribbean-British. My eldest grandchild was born from my precious daughter, Nshorna, a 19 year-old teenage mother.  Her name is from American Indian for “Spring.” An excellent age, incidentally, to give birth. Along with countless others, I appreciated last week the election of  Barack Obama. He is a man of mixed heritage, born from a teenage pregnancy, with his roots in Africa, lived in  Indonesia and educated in Hawaii (subjected to a 19th century conquest by the USA). …

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 In the Tuesday October 6, 2008 debate with the Republican candidate, Mr. Barack Obama, the presidential candidate for the Democrats, said: …

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Judging from the media here, Europe has projected a massive amount of optimism on US presidential candidate Barack Obama. The presence of more than 220,000 German citizens in Berlin to listen to his short speech reflects the European mood. We live in the shadow of everything American, the good, the bad and the ugly. …

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A friend since the early 1980’s, David Arnott has placed his concentration for 20 years on secuing the welfare of the people of Burma. Aside from assembling a massive amount about Burma, he meets with politicians,  academics and aid agencies, East and West, in a quiet determination to bridge the deadlock between the Burmese government and the Burmese people. …

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