By Yaël Ossowski / November 19, 2014 / Watchdog.org NOTHING TO SAY HERE: President Barack Obama listens during a 2009 meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the State Dining Room of the White…
Date Archives 2014
Net neutrality would boost FCC’s budget by upping fees
By Yaël Ossowski / November 19, 2014 / Watchdog.org With a name like Federal Communications Commission, one would expect the nation’s premier regulator of the public airwaves to be a functioning government bureaucracy with…
The Death of a Journalist
Yesterday I sat down for breakfast with a friend of mine, a fellow journalist, at a posh bakery in Vienna’s 3rd district. It was a chance meeting. We rarely ever have time to catch…
Obama issues credit card industry bailout by executive order
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org The credit card industry got a huge boost from President Obama last month when he signed an executive order requiring a switch to chip-and-pin technology for government vendors and agencies. It dictates…
Motley Crew of Fighters and Heroes Unite at Oslo Freedom Forum
HRF Brings New Level of Professionalism to Unofficial Dissident Capital Yaël Ossowski November 4, 2014 The streets of Oslo during the Oslo Freedom Forum. (PanAm Post) Though the world is strife with conflict, oppression, and…
Mario Vargas Llosa: “Latin America Has Never Been Freer than Today”
Famed Peruvian Author Imparts Wisdom for Next-Generation of Liberals By Yaël Ossowski October 28, 2014 | PanAm Post Standing tall behind the podium before the Italian crowd, famed Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate author Mario Vargas…
Unplugged: Facebook Exodus
I remember the act of joining Facebook. It was 2007, in the spring of my senior year of high school. I had just been accepted to at least 2 universities and I knew I was…
A Mind’s Construction of Paros Island
I could see the front of my two feet every few seconds. I would play a game to see how much of my shoe I could actually bring into my field of vision with each…
An Island Hopper’s Manifesto
The careening bow of the ship tilts the top two centimeters of my beer ever so slightly, but the violence is contained within the glass. It’s been at least 40 minutes since we spotted land,…
For an Independent Scotland, and a Free One Too
Dispatches from the Battleground in What Could Be a New Nation By Yaël Ossowski | September 12, 2014 | PANAM POST It’s been said we’re all witnesses to history. In just a few days, ordinary…