Kerry Ahead in International Online Caucus

No matter what their politics, these globalized foreigners feel entitled to intervene in American politics. The Scotsman a center-right daily in Edinburgh, declared yesterday, "We need to know -- beyond his present platitudes -- what Mr. Kerry plans to do if he should ever reside at Pennsylvania Avenue."

What would have once sounded presumptuous to U.S. ears now seems globalistically reasonable from nearby foreigners: "We need to know."

Another message for Bush and Kerry comes from Indian editor M.V. Kamath in the News Today, the leading English-language evening paper in southern India. He says the next American president needs to learn about matters of which he is probably ignorant.

John Kerry "needs to be fully and meaningfully apprised of the changing scenario in South Asia. . . . A whole new way of life is evolving in South Asia and a future US President should be alerted to that."

Kerry and Kim Chang-sik "exchange letters once a month to exchange views on Zen and spiritual discipline, and meet whenever the need arises," Chosun Ilbo reports.

According to sources associated with Shim Gum Do, Kerry is not a student of the practice, "but is known to have much interest in Eastern Zen and other forms of spiritual training. Although he's never visited Korea, he is reported to have said he would like to visit Buddhist holy spots in this country."

Message to the man who wants to be the next U.S. president from the rest of the world: Stop by and see us sometime.