Political Affairs Magazine

Book Review: Wall Street – America’s Dream Palace

07.10.2008

With the United States bailout package now through Congress, Steve Fraser’s extended essay Wall Street – America’s Dream Palace provided an interesting diversion from the many possible realities that may yet arise.

US Crisis Affects Central America

07.10.2008

The US financial crisis has increased unemployment, reduced money remittances from abroad and affected Central American exports to that country, despite the Free Trade Agreement, according to the Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration.

Religious Freedom in Cuba

07.10.2008

"Ecumenical institutions and current religions in Cuba enjoy the freedoms and essential constitutional guarantees for their well functioning and for achieving their goals.

La libertad religiosa en Cuba

07.10.2008

 “Las instituciones ecuménicas y las religiones presentes en Cuba, gozan de las libertades y las garantías constitucionales esenciales para su buen funcionamiento y para el logro de sus objetivos.

Does Sarah Palin Want to be an American Citizen?

06.10.2008

Sarah Palin has real and documented connections to the Alaska Independence Party, which is far more extremist than even the most far right of the Republican Party.

Tired of High Gas Prices? Try an Electric Bike

06.10.2008

Bicycle commuting has long been a symbol of greener living, and it is great exercise, too. But most people are probably not up to commutes much beyond five or 10 miles one-way in the interest of time and in not arriving at work too pooped (or sweaty) to pop.

Telling Americans What They Think

06.10.2008

In chapter three of David W. Moore's book, The Opinion Makers, the author explains how and why the polls so often go wrong and why even though the pollsters know how to end the problem they refuse to do so.

Interview: Billy Bragg Keeps Faith

06.10.2008

I was quite pleased about that because, as you mention, most people know me as a political song writer, and I think sometimes my love songs get out of the loop. The best ones, I think, are ones that can be seen as both love songs and political songs.

The Rosenberg Case in Historical Perspective

06.10.2008

The Rosenberg “atomic spy” case is 58 years old, yet its reverberations are still be felt and it is still be used to either justify or condemn some of the worst excesses of the Cold War period.

Book Review: We Saw Spain Die

06.10.2008

Often reading like a murder mystery, Paul Preston's narrative on the Spanish civil war sweeps the reader along with vivid and sympathetic descriptions of his subjects.