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Like an indecisive interior decorator, Germany has been mulling gaudy color schemes for its new coalition. Yet even if this week sees a final choice - pairing Christian Democrat black with Social Democratic red - the government will appear oddly colorless. Missing from any Cabinet will be the country's brightest politician, Joschka Fischer, 57, Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor since 1998. The street-fighting iconoclast who settled happily into a role at the peak of the German establishment, and whose international fame and personal popularity always seemed out of kilter with the modest size of his Green party, has retired from...
...parents' generation. But we also live with a lot more insecurity." Last week, Gugath tuned into a favorite radio show aimed at helping young Germans find work. The jobs they were looking at were in Australia. In 2002, Gugath voted for the Greens and Schröder's Social Democrats; last month she ticked the Christian Democrat box. "I'm a little embarrassed to tell my friends about it," she admits. "But something has to happen. Germany needs this kind of a signal for change." The biggest winner from the generational shift may be the fdp. A party that once...
...Interesting woman, Harriet Miers. She was a Democrat, found God and then became a Republican. Which is kinda backwards. Usually in Washington, you become a Republican, get indicted, go to jail and then find...
...Institute of Politics (IOP), created as a memorial to President Kennedy more than four decades ago, aims to inspire undergraduates to the Kennedy ideal of the educated citizen with an “obligation to serve the public.” Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or “not sure,” the IOP can connect you with officials and activists who know how to make the political system work. Whether it’s coming down to hear Shimon Perez articulate his vision for peace in the Middle East or debating with...
...investigation for allegedly filing false reports with the Federal Elections Commission that failed to accurately indicate how poor the financial condition of his campaign was. Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove is being investigated for the leak of the identity of a CIA operative to the media. Democrat Thomas Finneran, the former powerful Speaker of the House in Massachusetts, is being investigated for committing perjury when he was questioned about his own aggressive redistricting plan. John Rowland, once the Republican governor of Connecticut, is now serving time in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy. The list could...