2008-11-13 04:24
The first single from Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming album ”Magic” has been released and you can download it through different newspapers (Expressen in Sweden). However, w… Read More
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Politics, music and football from a center-left perspective. Often in English since I believe in a global social democratic movement, but also due to the years as a student in Scotland, France, Italy and the US. Don’t hold my employer, or not even Liverpool FC, accountable for the views and thoughts. Enjoy!
2008-11-13 04:24
I have to share a press release I just got:”Bruce Springsteen's 'Magic' Set for October 2 Release on Columbia Records'Magic,' Bruce Springsteen's new studio recording and his first wit… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
Just as my copy of the newspaper The Economist arrived at my desk, a major piece of political news broke. The piece of news? Karl Rove is resigning. And on the cover of The Economist? The qu… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
The US presidential elections are still so far away, but the heat is on. The DSCC is looking for a new slogan, and since James Carville e-mailed me about it [a group mail of course] I decide… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
I have been listening to the same song over and over again today; ”The South side of Heaven”. And the guy singing - Ryan Bingham - is touring with The Drive-By Truckers in the US… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
I only had ten days of vacation last summer and in Europe folks, that is nothing. So on the 26th of October I am clocking out for 12 wonderful days in Argentina, where one of my best friends… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
I was, of course, wrong yesterday. Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in literature and I say congrats, also since she is only the 11th woman to win it.So, time for new guess: Al Gore wins th… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
Since there is such a buzz about Philip Roth, at least in Sweden, I guess he won’t receive the Nobel Prize in literature today. He is one of my favorite authors so now when you have he… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
I just read one of those articles that reminds me why The Economist is a very good magazine. Read their Clinton special here. And don’t miss Torbjörn Nilsson’s article about… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
This is one of the best news I have heard in a very long while. Read the whole article if you have any interest in football and the global economy.In short: Football fans, Liverpool fans!!!… Read More
2008-11-13 04:24
Tomorrow Tuesday there are parliamentary elections in Denmark. If you understand Danish, here are a few progressive (i.e. social democratic) blogs:Jens Steen, a really good friend of mine si… Read More
2008-08-26 17:17
Y’all,I am in Denver, covering the Democratic convention for ”Aktuellt i Politiken”. I am blogging quite a lot from here in Swedish, check it out at www.aip.nu.If I have ti… Read More
2008-07-03 14:06
A few people have written to me recently, asking me to start blogging on a regular basis in English again. Thanks y’all, I am honestly flattered. As a matter of fact, I have an idea ab… Read More
2008-02-11 17:04
Y'all,Please note that I have the honor to be the PES-blogger of the week at the YourSpace Manifesto 2009-site that the PES is running.My first blog post is a Per Wirtén-inspired take… Read More
2008-02-05 22:38
It’s Super Tuesday kids and I am now finally (after a looong train ride) at the newspaper Fokus’ election night. I will be blogging [in Swedish] at www.aip.nu from here, and you… Read More
2008-01-15 21:32
I have written quite a lot about the ongoing primaries on the blog at www.aip.nu. Unfortunately, my original dream scenario will never come true: Al Gore as the Democratic presidential nomin… Read More
2007-12-30 11:35
Just wanted to say Happy Progressive 2008 to the readers of this blog! I have some new ideas about how my blog here and my writings at www.aip.nu could be linked and developed, but more abou… Read More
2007-12-07 14:05
Bruce Springsteen is about to come to town (Monday) and as always in Sweden, this is a big piece of news. Today, our best and most serious radio channel (P1) devotes a whole program (”… Read More
2007-11-27 08:19
As y'all know, the elections in Australia went very well (i.e. Kevin Rudd and the Labor party won). What we all wonder know is what other center-left parties can learn from the campaign.E.J… Read More
2007-11-16 15:59
...did not result in a new government. You can read my take on it in Swedish here Read More
2007-11-10 10:37
Two big things have happened in my life recently; I have bought an apartment with my girlfriend and I have been on a great vacation to Argentina and Uruguay with two friends from the US (the… Read More
2007-10-23 16:09
For all of you living in the region of Stockholm, don’t miss the seminar about US politics that the excellent magazine Fokus is organizing on Thursday (more information here).And talki… Read More
2007-09-28 12:59
We are all following what is going on in Burma right now. I just got a ”Global call to Action” from IUSY (International Union of Socialist Youth) and the blog they have started i… Read More
2007-08-27 15:43
I have been working hard for two weeks, did not care about blogging in English, and I noticed two things. First of all, I missed it. Secondly, I got e-mails asking me what was going on. I wa… Read More
2007-08-12 21:44
You can read my web-editorial about Mona Sahlin’s Summer Speech in Fittja here [in Swedish] Read More
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