I really hate to harp on about Al Gore, but following my previous post, I thought the former VP’s latest move was especially interesting:
The former vice president, documentary film maker, Nobel laureate and Apple board member has taken a position as a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital firm that invested [...]
Filed under: algore, mattclifford on November 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to everyone who turned out to hear Doug Wilder on Monday. Thank you also to the Faculty of History for co-hosting this event. The governor spoke of his past and present inside and outside of American politics, also offering comments and predictions regarding the future. This sincere and frank address was very much [...]
Filed under: dougwilder, speaker discussion, uspolitics on November 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
For the first time since 1995, rugby euphoria is gripping South Africa. Signs point to the abandonment of a long-rumoured plan to ditch the coach (who, incidentally, really is called Jack White) and produce a racially representative team by brute-force political means. I imagine the response among English rugby fans will be simple: great news. [...]
Filed under: jonathanbirch, racism, rugby, southafrica, sport on November 8th, 2007 | No Comments »
Thank you to everyone who left their Guy Fawkes Night celebrations to attend Wilf Stevenson’s address to the society yesterday evening. The occasion drew a wide range of undergraduates, graduates, fellows and others from Cambridge and featured a particularly excellent question and answer session.
Feel free to use the comment section of this post to discuss [...]
Filed under: gordonbrown, speaker discussion, ukpolitics on November 6th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“September 11th was terrible, but if one re-examines the history of the IRA, what happened in the United States was not so bad. Some Americans believe I’m crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think. Do you know what people forget? That the [...]
Filed under: 9/11, dorislessing, nobelprize, robertstagg on November 6th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Test Test
Filed under: arabisraeliconflict, bbc, jackprevezer on November 5th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
These days, Al Gore jokes that he “used to be the next President of the United States”. But it seems that he now not only isn’t, but doesn’t want to be. This seems strange on the face of it. As I pointed out back in February he’s clearly flirted with the idea. He still has [...]
Filed under: algore, election2008, tonyblair, uspolitics on November 3rd, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Clare Politics is delighted to announce its new team of bloggers for 07/08, after a period of careful deliberation and much debate we have whittled our applicants down to a really strong team of 6:
Robert Stagg
Reads English at Emmanuel College
James Chettle
Reads Natural Sciences at Clare College
Jack Prevezer
Reads Social and Political Sciences [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews on November 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
