…And the World: World leaders have descended upon the United States for talks, first at Camp David, and now in Chicago. G8 leaders met at the Presidential Retreat in Maryland, sans newly re-inaugurated Russian President Vladimir Putin. The G8 summit focused on Syria, Iran and
Our apologies for bringing the Weekly look a day late. …And the World: Greece appears poised for new elections. After each of the top three vote-getting parties failed to reach a deal on a coalition government and the President of Greece failed to broker one,
President Barack Obama (White House) Today President Barack Obama came out in support of marriage equality completing a years long evolution on the subject. The language and couching of the president’s position all along led many gay rights activists to conclude that the president already
…And the World: Vive Hollande! The French cast out the incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy, of the Union for a Popular Movement, in favor of the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande. Sarkozy had been trailing for several weeks now and the first round of voting two weeks
Six months ago, as Springfield voted in the shadow of a year of bizarre weather that almost certainly affected the election, a potentially subtler electoral coup emerged besides Domenic Sarno’s landslide victory. Even as the weather had scrambled the predictions of the city’s punditocracy and
…And the World: We start today in jolly old England where the maw that is the scandalous power and influence of Rubert Murdoch may be on the verge of claiming another victim. Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, has been accused, based on recently released memos,
The fight to stop a wood-burning electric plant on Page Boulevard lumbers on despite the recent victories of the plant’s many opponents. Palmer Renewable Energy, the plant’s developer has appealed both the City Council’s revocation of the plant’s special permit and the decision of the
…And the World: France votes! Yesterday French voters went to the polls in the first round of voting for that country’s presidential election. Socialist Party Candidate Francois Hollande took the top spot beating out incumbent President Nicholas Sarkozy. Both will advance to the next round
The following story originally appeared this February in Pro Se, the Student Newspaper of the University of Connecticut School of Law and was written by your Editor-in-Chief. SPRINGFIELD–When Congressman Christopher Murphy a 2002 graduate of UCONN Law announced last year he was running for
…And the World: We begin today in the tiny and relatively young nation of East Timor, which held a runoff election in its Presidential contest. The ex-Indonesian Lusophonic province is set to elect Jose Maria de Vasconcelos an ex-military chief, who, according to the Sydney