Barack Obama wasn't the only winner in November's presidential election. Thomas Gensemer, whose company Blue State Digital managed Obama's slick online campaign, built his website my.barackobama.com, recruited 13.5 million supporters and raised $500m for the Obama campaign, is also doing very nicely...

Preoccupied as it was poring over Tom Daschle's tax returns, Washington hardly noticed a near-miracle abroad. Iraq held provincial elections. There was no Election Day violence. Security was handled by Iraqi forces with little U.S. involvement. A fabulous bazaar of 14,400 candidates representing 400...

On Saturday, Iraqi people are going to the polling centers to cast their ballots in the country’s provincial elections. I’ve been following the elections news and thought I should share some information I have gathered in that regard. For those interested in understanding what the ABCs of the el...

Michelle Obama may have taken the nation by storm with her sophisticated dress sense but Second Lady Jill Biden looks like she is hot on her heels says Natasha Cowan....

Okay. Since I’ve already done a few entries on Jon Favreau, wunderkid and potential heartthrob extraordinaire, here are a few more recent articles about him. UK’s Guradian has a kiss-ass article on how Favreau, or “Favs” plays guitar hero to de-stress and wrote his speeches f...

Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th US president. Here is his inauguration speech in full. My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service t...

Take away the hope, the expectation, the wall to wall and coast-to-coast hysteria  (from sea to shining sea) ... on substance I heard just this: Sacrifice, Duty, Responsibility to Others. Did you hear that too? He didn't actually say "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask only what your gov...

As much as I can keep up with it! Please forgive typos. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Temperature in the low twentiesWind chill in the teensA flurry or two maybe Millions of hats and twice the number of bootsScarves and glovesFists wrapped around hand-warmersToe-warmers jammed into shoes The wind is...

With today being the day when Barack Obama will take office as the 44th President of the United States - and historically, the first  president we  have asked our global economists to give us a summary of some of the challenges the new president will have. The 44th president of the United States w...

From The Huffington Post : President Bush was given an Iraqi-journalist-style sendoff on his last full day in office Monday, as tourists and demonstrators lobbed shoes, pumps, boots, sandals and Crocs from Pennsylvania Avenue onto the White House lawn. Before launching the operation live, the shoe-c...