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As American drivers come to grips with $4.00-a-gallon gasoline and presidential hopeful John McCain suggests a temporary “tax holiday,” it’s worth noting that in some places, it’s been a long time since gas was so cheap as that. The photo you see here shows fuel prices at my neighborhood gas station in The Hague, The [...]

A clever parody of the bizarre fusion between evangelical Christianity and nationalism in America:

For the first time in a long time, there is a candidate for president of the United States whom I can enthusiastically support: Barack Obama. I’m deeply impressed by his intelligence and candor, and in particular his early public opposition to the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the fact that he does not accept [...]