Africa: A Continent Without Democrats
The second wave of democratization in Africa, beginning in the 80s, and the gradual establishment of democracy as the new normal in the continent brought much hope and excitement. As we have seen in the recent intervention by the military in Zimbabwe, coup d’etats have become unpopular and unacceptable in the entire continent in deference […]
Endorsing Hillary Clinton
If there was any hope that Donald Trump would change tactics and be more restrained after winning the Republican party Presidential nomination for the November 8 US election, that hope is now lost. The fellow has remained aggressive, incorrigibly brash and completely negative. Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has asked: “Is Donald Trump just plain […]
Meg Whitman To Fundraise For Clinton To Take Down ‘Demagogue’ Trump
Calling Donald Trump an “authoritarian character” and a threat to democracy, Meg Whitman, a prominent Republican fundraiser and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton’s White House bid late Tuesday. “To vote Republican out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia […]
Mark Cuban Insults Trump Before Backing ‘True Leader’ Hillary Clinton
The battle of the brash billionaires is on. Entrepreneur Mark Cuban used Donald Trump’s braggadocio to make the case for electing Hillary Clinton during a rally in his native Pittsburgh on Saturday. “Leadership is not yelling, and screaming and intimidating,” said Cuban, the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and a panelist on ABC’s Shark […]
Data Program Accessed In Cyber-Attack On Democrats, Says Clinton Campaign
A data program used by the campaign of the Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, was “accessed” as a part of hack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that intelligence officials believe was carried out by Russia’s intelligence services, Clinton’s campaign said on Friday. The news came as a new Reuters-Ipsos poll, released after Clinton’s acceptance […]
Five Public Speaking Takeaways From Hillary Clinton’s Democratic National Convention Speech
Once again, I’m blogging about the takeaways from the presidential nominee’s speech to (in this case) her convention on Thursday night. Beyond the world of politics, what can we learn about public speaking from this excellent example of a public speech, one that – just like Donald Trump’s – was watched by millions of people and […]
The Guardian View On Hillary Clinton: Fit For The Job, But Is She Fit For The Contest?
For better or for worse, history will be made when the United States votes this November. Should Hillary Clinton win, she would embody the progress a society can make in a lifetime; the electors of the first female president would include those born before women gained the right to vote. Her victory would demonstrate how […]
Jerry Emmett: Hillary Clinton’s Enthusiastic 102-Year-Old Supporter
Geraldine “Jerry” Emmett was born in 1914, before women had the right to vote. On Tuesday night, the 102-year-old honorary chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic delegation helped cast a ballot to send Hillary Clinton on her way as the first female candidate from a major party in a presidential election. Clinton was formally nominated as […]
Bill Clinton Makes The Case For Hillary In Intensely Personal Speech
Hillary Clinton’s historic moment finally arrived on Tuesday night, accompanied by an intensely personal speech from her husband Bill, that sought to recast her image as a symbol of the political establishment. “She’s the best darn change-maker I ever met in my life,” insisted the former president, recalling decades of Hillary Clinton’s work as socially […]
Michelle Obama’s Stirring Democratic Convention Speech Brings Crowd To Tears
Here, at last, the profound, moving and devastating riposte to Donald Trump that many in America, and the world, had been waiting for. And the antidote to the non-politician came from another non-politician – a mother. Michelle Obama, the first black first lady in American history, gave a 15-minute address to the Democratic national convention […]
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