Unless you’ve been under a rock today, you’ve heard the news that Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, has died. She was eulogized by current U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron as “the greatest British peacetime prime minister.” Rest in peace, Margaret Thatcher. Since I’m no expert on Britain’s “Iron Lady,” here’s a few hits from […]
firing a mayor, part 2: still, only in Russia.
September 29, 2010 by
On the way to work on Monday I listened to a report on NPR about the sacking of the Mayor of Moscow, Russia, by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Where I’m from, mayors are independently elected officials, so it struck me as similar to President Obama firing Mayor Bloomberg of New York. Apparently, the Mayor in question–Yury Luzhkov–is […]
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