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Category Archives: USA
Gingrich, Bin Laden, and Issac Asimov
Apparently, the megalomaniac tendencies that many perceive in Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich are inspired by Iassac Asimov: If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, Newt Gingrich is from the planet Trantor, a fictional world created by Isaac … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics, USA
Tagged Books, Foundation, Gingrich, Issac Asimov, Osama Bin Laden, terrrorism
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Strategic Ignorance in the US Primaries
The Republican Presidential Primary debates are frightening. From the audiences at these events, we’ve had the booing of a solider because he is gay, the cheering of the idea of someone dying because they didn’t have health insurance, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Economy, USA
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The Cost of Terrorists and Dictators
Has any single human being, either directly or indirectly, cost the United States more money than Osama bin Laden? Continue reading
Posted in Globalisation, Human Rights, Terrorism, USA
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The Propaganda of Obama
This image is as masterful a piece of propaganda as you are ever likely to see. And, we’ve been here before. Continue reading
Posted in Media, Terrorism, USA
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Two Types of Patriotism
A crucial difference between the two groups of cheering crowds: On The Mall in London, the flag-wavers were celebrating life; On The Mall in Washington, they were cheering a death. I wonder how this essential difference between these two moments of patriotic punctuation will affect the two nations in years to come? Continue reading
Posted in Monarchy, Terrorism, UK, USA
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Obama at Tucson
An affirmation of free speech and democracy. Continue reading
Liberty, Whatever the Cost [Updated]
“There is not enough poxes for your houses” says Jay Rosen to the pundits discussing #Tucson. Well, here’s an astonishing quote from a non-pundit which goes places no politician dares to tread: This shouldn’t happen in this country, or anywhere … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law and Order, Terrorism, USA
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#Tucson
The shootings in Tuscon present a difficult conundrum. On the one hand, we cannot seriously suggest that Sarah Palin and the other Tea Party demagogues literally sponsored or otherwise provoked the spree. But on the other, the inflammatory rhetoric of … Continue reading
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Qu’ran burning and America’s moral plummet
Just as I was mulling the idea of writing a blog-post on Liberal Conspriacy about the stupid Koran-burning event planned at a church in Florida, Dave Osler gazumps me with a lucid take. As a campaigner for PEN, the idea … Continue reading
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Quoted on Libel Tourism
Yrstrly in the Metro Continue reading
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