Manic Monday Markup 6/17/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Iran. Elections over the weekend gave victory to Hassan Rowhani, whom many viewed as a moderate. He secured the necessary 50% of the vote to escape a runoff and in contrast to 2009, [...]
Our One Hundredth: Springfield Debate 2013…
We will be live-tweeting tonight’s debate in Springfield for the Special Senate Election. Please follow us @wmasspi & for the most delightfully snarky comments, your best bet would be my personal twitter account @mszafranski413. We will have full report up [...]
Manic Monday Markup 6/10/13…
…And the World: We begin today in South Africa, where yet another hospitalization of former President Nelson Mandela has captured media attention again. The 95 year-old Nobel laureate has suffered from poor health and multiple hospitalizations for the past year. [...]
Manic Monday Markup 6/3/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Turkey, where protests that started over an environmental issue have mushroomed into those questioning the rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The first deaths have also been reported. The protests have shone [...]
Tardy Tuesday Takedown, 5/28/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Syria, where both sides of the conflict appear to be getting reinforcements from abroad. The European Union has decided to not renew the arms embargo on the country, ostensibly to provide more support [...]
In Second Try, a Pitch to Springfield’s Young Families….
SPRINGFIELD—The preliminary election is still four months away and nomination papers have another two months to be completed, but campaign kickoffs are already underway. For some it is a repeat act, but hopefully with differing results. Justin Hurst, an attorney [...]
Manic Monday Markup 5/20/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Israel, where one-time political superstar Yair Lapid is now facing questions after his austerity budget and now-pessimistic comments in The New York Times. In the Times interview, Lapid sloughed off his dimming star, [...]
Manic Monday Markup 5/13/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Pakistan, where the nation’s historic elections, the first that followed the full term of an elected Parliament have apparently yielded victory for the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif based on current projections. Sharif [...]
Manic Monday Markup 5/6/13…
…And the World: We begin today in Great Britain, where last week local elections were held in which the far-right UK Independence Party or Ukip, won a number of seats in county councils. It also ran second in the race [...]
Manic Monday Markup 4/29/13…
…And the World: We begin today, in Italy, where over the weekend, the nation swore in a new government after an inconclusive election and two months of chaos. The government, led by the Center-Left Democratic Party’s Enrico Letta, is a [...]
