Commentators in the United States speculate that the 2008 presidential election will be a close one once again.   With many states in play, candidates will turn to the some 54 million disabled to shore up their vote tallies in places like Pennsylvania and Ohio. For example, in the 2000 presidential election, the reported voting [...]

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Much of the commentary on the recent trip by Senator Barack Obama to Europe has–understandably–focused on what his trip means for U.S. presidential politics.   But one can also ask about what it tells us about future transatlantic relations.   It is of course eye-opening and refreshing to see 200,000 Germans demonstrating in favor of [...]

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