by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 30, 2021 | America
Was there anything? As a tourist in the tourist areas of New Orleans you won’t find many traces of Katrina.The popular sites of the town show hardly any traces of the hurricane that paralyzed the city in 2005. The superdome where tens of thousands were stranded...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Jul 27, 2021 | America
The first markers have been passed, the “hundred days”, the Fourth of July: Time to try a hand in assessing Joe Biden’s America. The sentiment, personal and from a limited experience: It feels like on top of a smoking volcano. The vaccination target was narrowly...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Nov 7, 2020 | America
New York City, 9th Avenue/43rd Street:The Block Party starts
by Johann Aeschlimann | Nov 1, 2020 | America
Randy Steinman is a campaign professional in Kansas City/MO. He specializes in organizing campaigns around ballot decisions on issues. Randy Steinman Hi Randy, the polls say Biden will pull it off. how do things look from Kansas City? I don’t trust polls I did...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Oct 25, 2020 | America
Paru Shah is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and the Director of graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She is a Democrat. Hi Paru, how do you assess the impact of the Corona-crisis on the upcoming elections? Covid has expanded the...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Oct 23, 2020 | America
Motoring through the US of A I try to talk to Americans about the upcoming elections. As I am old, sick and vulnerable to Covid, I am careful. I do not go inside of restaurants (which moves the McDonald’s with outdoor seating quite a bit up on the list), I wear a mask...
