Category Archives: USA

Where are the 12,000 US Soldiers on Malta?

Posted on 2012-01-17 by Andreas Moser

A few days ago, on 13 January 2012, Cynthia McKinney, a former six-term member of US Congress, wrote on her blog: It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our … Continue reading →

Posted in Libya, Malta, Military, Politics, USA | Tagged Cynthia McKinney, war | 72 Comments

If you forgot to go to Church

Posted on 2011-12-29 by Andreas Moser

Oh. Christmas just passed and I completely forgot to go to church. If you committed the same omission, God allows you to make up for it by watching this church video: (From Borat.) Living in a predominantly Catholic country (like … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Religion, USA | Tagged Borat, church | 4 Comments

US hikers sentenced to 8 years in Iranian prison

Posted on 2011-08-20 by Andreas Moser

Two young Americans who had been arrested by an Iranian border patrol while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and who have been held in prison in Iran for more than two years have now been sentenced to eight years in prison for … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Politics, Travel, USA | Tagged adventure, espionage, Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, US hikers | 13 Comments

Dominique Strauss-Kahn at Rikers Island

Posted on 2011-05-18 by Andreas Moser

To those who think that the imprisonment of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of International Monetary Fund, at Rikers Island prison in New York is a bit harsh, I would suggest that it rather demonstrates an ironic homage to the literature … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, France, Law, Politics, USA | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Edmond Dantes, IMF, Monte Cristo, New York, Nicolas Sarkozy, prison, rape, Sarkozy, Strauss-Kahn | 11 Comments

A welcome alternative to flag-burning

Posted on 2011-03-26 by Andreas Moser

When I was in Kosovo in February 2009 for the first anniversary of Kosovo’s independence, I spotted this car draped is US flags in front of a mosque in the Southern (i.e. Kosovar) part of Mitrovica: Of all the countries I … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Politics, Travel, USA | Tagged flag-burning, Kosovo, Mitrovica, mosque, Serbia, US flag | 4 Comments

Book Review: “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer

Posted on 2011-03-26 by Andreas Moser

“Into the Wild” is the real story of Christopher McCandless, a young American who decided to roam the wilderness of the United States after graduating from university and who eventually died of starvation in Alaska, aged 24. “Greetings from Fairbanks! … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Life, Philosophy, Travel, USA | Tagged adventure, Alaska, Chris McCandless, Christopher McCandless, freedom, hiking, Jon Krakauer | 25 Comments

A literary explanation of the US housing bubble.

Posted on 2011-01-11 by Andreas Moser

I am currently reading – among other books – “Parrot and Olivier in America“, a novel by Peter Carey which is based on Alexis de Tocqueville‘s travels to the early United States of America and his research for “Democracy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Economics, History, USA | Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, credit crisis, debt crisis | 3 Comments

Where did I put that Nuclear PIN?

Posted on 2010-10-23 by Andreas Moser

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Shelton, has revealed in his book Without Hesitation that during the Clinton presidency, the codes that were necessary to launch America’s nuclear arsenal had gone missing for several months. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Military, Politics, USA | Tagged amimut, Bill Clinton, peace, Shelton, war | Leave a comment

How about some Waffen-SS on the weekend, son?

Posted on 2010-10-19 by Andreas Moser

Richard Iott is the Republican candidate for the 9th Congressional District in Ohio. He is also the father of a son and came up with an interesting idea for what to do with his son on weekends. As a “father-son … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, History, Holocaust, Military, Politics, USA, World War II | Tagged German history, Nazis, re-enactment, Republicans, Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht | 10 Comments

What Sarah Shourd can’t say (yet)

Posted on 2010-10-02 by Andreas Moser

Sarah Shourd, the American woman who was hiking in the Iraq-Iran border region last year and was arrested on that occasion and who subsequently spent 13 months in a prison in Iran, was finally released on 14 September 2010 without ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Politics, USA | Tagged Ahmadinejad, Evin, Evin prison, hostage, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Josh Fattal, Joshua Fatal, prison, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, Tehran, US hikers | 3 Comments