Tag Archives: Ichiro Ozawa

R&D: O’Donnell’s Upset Hurts GOP’s Senate Hopes, the State of Iran’s Economy, and Adrian Fenty Goes Down in D.C.

Here is your R&D for September 15th: O’Donnell Wins, Bad Blood Simmers in DE GOP from Real Clear Politics Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell scored an upset in Delaware’s Republican Senate primary last night, defeating Congressman Mike Castle, who was … Continue reading

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R&D: Cuba is Cutting State Employees, Election Day in 7 States, and Bush Tax Cuts 101

Here is your R&D for September 14th: Cuba to cut 500,000 from state payroll from the Financial Times of London In a sign that the Cuban economy is changing, the country’s trade union federation announced Monday that more than a … Continue reading

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R&D: The Collapse of the United States, Obama Criticized on UN Human Rights Report, and Infighting in the DPJ

Here is your R&D for August 26th: What I learned from Jared Diamond from Foreign Policy Jared Diamond’s recent book Collapse:  How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed describes why certain societies prosper and others decline based on a myriad … Continue reading

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