Eyck Freymann

On "Drill, Baby, Drill!"

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf, Strategy, Eyck Freymann, Oil Spill, Deepwater, Anwr, Sarah Palin, Environment, Oil, Obama, Green News
Eyck Freymann

From both political and policy perspectives, the "drill, baby, drill" plan is a cheap tactic for short-term points masquerading as long-term planning.

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Saberi's Release: Due Process or Political Games?

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalist, Saberi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Eyck Freymann, Iranian Election, World News
Eyck Freymann

Saberi's arrest on ridiculous charges, and subsequent release in a show of judicial fairness, is Ahmadinejad's way of showing the world he can manipulate his country's judicial system.

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2010 Senate Midterm Preview

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate, Beau Biden, 2010, Eyck Freymann, Rob Portman, Crist, Bunning, Congress, Ben Bernanke, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News
Eyck Freymann

November 2008 is just behind us, but the parties are both gearing up for what promises to be a critical midterm election in 2010. 34 Senators, 36 Governors, and all 435 members of the House will face re-election.

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John Murtha and the Culture of Corruption

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Bureaucracy, Murtha, Eyck Freymann, Lobbyists, John Murtha, Politics News
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Murtha is a crook, and if the House Democrats were serious about fighting corruption, they would have expelled him from the caucus when the first definitive corruption stories broke.

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A New Day in South America

Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South America, Nationalize, Colonialism, Hugo Chavez, Eyck Freymann, Lithium, Economy, Brazil, Evo Morales, Lula, Socialism, World News
Eyck Freymann

Evo Morales' charisma and resonant populist message have revolutionary potential throughout the South American continent. The question is only whether he will be thwarted by foreign governments and corporations.

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