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...
by Johann Aeschlimann | Aug 13, 2020 | America
A family affair made it possible to travel from Switzerland to the US, and the plan was to stay until the elections to do some reporting, but another family affair demanded a fast return to Switzerland. Reporting was not in the cards anyway as the I-Visa apparently is...
