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 ...
Live From New York
2. March 2008
Yearly Archives: 2008
Alptraum Internet – 10 Jahre später
25. February 2008
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 ...
Fidel and I
19. February 2008
50 Years of Symbolic Peace
16. February 2008
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 ...
GM’s Ghost Towns
12. February 2008
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 ...
In de tank des doods
JFK,
11. February 2008
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Jack’s Back
5. February 2008
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. ...
Amerika, Amerika!
SonntagsBlick Magazin,
3. February 2008
Il Garage? Sul Tetto
La Repubblica delle Donne,
2. February 2008
Neuer Look für New Yorks Taxis
Swiss Magazine,
1. February 2008
A Facelift for New York’s Taxi
Swiss Magazine,
1. February 2008
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 ...
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 "...
Signs ‘O’ the Times
26. January 2008
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 ...
«One should be very Humble»
Hossli.com,
24. January 2008
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Air Needs Assistant
16. January 2008
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 ...
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 ...
Old Muscles, Fresh Look
14. January 2008
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 ...
“I changed New York”
Hossli.com,
10. January 2008
«I’m a Thinker»
Hossli.com,
4. January 2008
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 ...