Articles by Peter Hossli, a curious reporter who always finds a good story

Yearly Archives: 2008

Liberal Sexism

3. March 2008
Once the votes are counted in Ohio and Texas tomorrow night, we'll be looking back to probably the most sexist primaries in US election history. It's been amazing to watch ...
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Joe Pistone - “Money is Everything”

Hossli.com, 3. March 2008
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Joe Pistone was the FBI agent who infiltrated the Mafia as Donnie Brasco during the 1970s. After all this years the mob is still after him. He opens up during a secret meeting in Las Vegas.
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Live From New York

2. March 2008
Should you have missed last night's Saturday Night Live, check out the opening sketch and Hillary Clinton's editorial response. It pretty much sums up the treatment of the ...
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Alptraum Internet - 10 Jahre später

25. February 2008
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Vor genau zehn Jahren titelt das Schweizer Nachrichtenmagazine Facts "Alptraum Internet". Auf zwölf Seiten klagte ich Ende Februar 1998 über technische Mängel der Datenbahn, beschrieb ...
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Still a Winner

24. February 2008
Sound mixer Kevin O'Connell is still a winner. Tonight he lost for the 20th time in his quest to win an Academy Award. This will ensure ...
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Fidel and I

19. February 2008
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Today's announcement that Fidel Castro will finally retire left me both happy for the Cuban people and a bit nostalgic for my youth. Back in ...
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50 Years of Symbolic Peace

16. February 2008
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Pacifists and war protesters all over the world wear peace signs on shoulder bags and jeans jackets. But only few know what the symbol really means, and ...
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Bush’s Swiss Man for McCain

13. February 2008
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has made a big catch. His new chief fundraiser is Mercer Reynolds, a financier from Ohio and former Ambassador to Switzerland. In ...
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GM’s Ghost Towns

12. February 2008
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Today, General Motors announced a record loss of 38,7 billion dollars for 2007. At the same time the car manufacturer offered all its 74'000 U.S. ...
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Florida and Ohio Matter

11. February 2008
Barack Obama is on a roll. Last weekend the senator from Illinois won four primaries and caucuses. His Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton won none. But can he win Ohio and ...
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In de tank des doods

JFK, 11. February 2008
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Het dode lichaam wordt in een grote stalen container geplaatst, gevuld met vloeibare stikstof. Het hoofd wordt los bewaard in een soort spaghettipan. Het is geen scène uit een horrorfilm maar de alledaagse praktijk bij het Amerikaanse cryonicabedrijf Alcor in Arizona. En het loopt storm. Leden betalen grif geld voor een ingevroren rustplaats. De dode lichamen wachten op wat de meest indrukwekkende wetenschappelijke doorbraak aller tijden zou zijn: herrijzenis!
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Weltexklusive Weltwoche

8. February 2008
Ein Interview mit US-Präsident George W. Bush? Das druckt jedes Magazin gerne, am liebsten exklusiv. Gar «weltexklusiv» sei das Gespräch aus dem Oval Office, das die Schweizer Weltwoche ...
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The Man Who Made Bush

8. February 2008
Last night at the Harvard Club the torch was passed at the helm of the American Swiss Foundation. Ambassador Faith Whittlesey stepped down; Ambassador Mercer Reynolds took over ...
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Why Romney Quits

7. February 2008
Mitt Romney is dropping from the race for the Republican nomination. “I feel I now have to stand aside for our party and our country”, he said today. What ...
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Print is Falling off the Cliff

7. February 2008
Ten years ago I wrote a story, in German, titled "Alptraum Internet". I described the Internet as a nightmare for its users and many industries. Well, at least ...
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Better Looks

7. February 2008
If only designers had a say in the presidential election I'm sure Barack Obama would occupy the White House for the next eight years. Whatever his team puts out into ...
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Hillbillys Vote Obama

6. February 2008
While the focus in the Democratic race lays on the delegate count, the geographic distribution of last night's wins by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama caught my eye. So ...
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Kennedy Who?

5. February 2008
Last week it was all Camelot all the time. The Barack Obama endorsement by Senator Edward Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy drove the media and some candidates into overdrive. ...
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Electability

5. February 2008
Is Barack Obama the Ralph Nader of 2008? Will his run deliver the White House to the Republicans? So far the Senator from Illinois has been able to win in ...
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Jack’s Back

5. February 2008
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What if Jack Nicholson endorses your presidential run the day before Super Tuesday? You accept it and hope it won't hurt your prospects. You record his voice, add an image ...
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We’re the Champions

4. February 2008
Okay, the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots in yesterday's Super Bowl. Though I don't care the least bit about football, I'm happy for Rudy Giuliani. ...
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Amerika, Amerika!

SonntagsBlick Magazin, 3. February 2008
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Übermorgen ist es so weit: Super Tuesday in den USA. Vorwahlen in über 20 Bundestaaten, auch in New York. Unsere Reporter folgten Hillary Clinton und Barack Obama in die Schlacht um den «Big Apple».
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Il Garage? Sul Tetto

La Repubblica delle Donne, 2. February 2008
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Con un’architettura spregiudicata ed esclusiva Annabelle Selldorf, nuova guru delle “grandi case”, sta cambiando lo sky-line di New York.
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Schadenfreude

29. January 2008
Rudolph Giuliani gave us 41 shots, Disney on Times Square, Bernard Kerik and a couple of juicy divorces. He stopped the mob and tried to stop ...
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Kennedy Contest

27. January 2008
The Kennedy's are endorsing presidential candidates left and right. Last night Caroline Kennedy expressed her support for Senator Barack Obama in the New York Times by calling him a "...
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Signs ‘O’ the Times

26. January 2008
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All week I've been hanging out with supporters of presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for a story on grassroots campaigning. Here is a collection of signs ...
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Funny Fish

25. January 2008
New York Times columnist Clyde Haberman is one of the keener observers of our times. His column is mostly very funny, truly informative and not to be ...
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«One should be very Humble»

Hossli.com, 24. January 2008
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Ten year after his investigation almost ousted Bill Clinton from the White House Kenneth Starr talks about law and Christianity, his time in 1968 and why he doesn't want to write a memoir.
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Mitt’s Macaca

24. January 2008
In 2006 George Allen lost his seat in the US Senate after calling an American of Indian descent "macaca". The racial slur was caught on video and seen on ...
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Hollywood’s Big Loser

22. January 2008
Kevin O'Connell has another Oscar nod under his belt. This morning the sound mixer received his 20th nomination for a golden statue for his work on "Transformers". So ...
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No Reagan Nostalgia

19. January 2008
Inflation shoots up, the Dow falls, and the United States seems to be sliding into recession. What is Senator Barack Obama doing? In an interview with a Nevada newspaper he ...
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Friendly Scribes

18. January 2008
While being new to publishing observations online, I want to point out some friendly scribes who've been at it for a while. For your daily fix on anything tasteful visit Tina ...
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Air Needs Assistant

16. January 2008
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It's amazing that Apple always comes up with hardware that no one thought they'd ever need. And then they sell millions of them. They did it again ...
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Ari’s Delusion

15. January 2008
After his win in Michigan Mitt Romney said he wants to bring back «the America of Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush». Actually, he mentioned the elder Bush several ...
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Clinton Tactics

14. January 2008
Bill and Hillary Clinton are known for doing everything to get elected. They seldom shy away from fear mongering. Right now they're running the risk of costing the Democrats the ...
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Old Muscles, Fresh Look

14. January 2008
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Times are tough. What's better than bringing back some tough guys from the 80s? As the New York Times points out muscle men like Sylvester ...
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Weekly Fix

12. January 2008
There is way too much dumb talk on American politics out there. My weekly fix is a podcast of Left, Right and Center, a radio show produced by ...
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“I changed New York”

Hossli.com, 10. January 2008
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A young Swiss designer reshapes the famous yellow cabs. She transforms the look of New York City. Not without controversy.
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Ken, Monica and I

8. January 2008
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Kenneth Starr and Monica Lewinsky changed politics. She had an affair with the President, he laid it all out in the Starr Report, cigar included. Where do I fit in? ...
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«I’m a Thinker»

Hossli.com, 4. January 2008
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Tennis superstar Serena Williams talks about her life beyond tennis, what she discovered in Africa and why she admires the Google guys.
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It’s Monica, Stupid

3. January 2008
John Kerry verlor vor vier Jahren die amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahlen, weil «die Republikaner die Leute in einer verdeckten Kampagne unbemerkt an Lewinsky erinnert» hatten, sagte mir damals Robert Reich, Bill Clintons ...
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