Eurozine – Do the obvious – George Blecher
There’s a growing dichotomy in American politics these days. The stock market goes up daily, but the unemployment rate has risen to a disturbing 10 per cent. Norway gives Obama the Nobel Peace Prize while in the States he’s attacked by rightwing TV as being a communist unworthy of the prize – and in Berlin last month, disgruntled Americans picketed carrying pictures of him wearing a Hitler moustache!