Category Archives: USA

Way of the Blogs

Posted on 1 April 2009 by Robert

Here’s a post I’ve just had published over at Comment is Free. Continue reading →

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Big Brother, we’re watching YOU

Posted on 5 February 2009 by Robert

At the fantastic and soon-to-be-essential techPresident, there’s a post on a new technological openness from Congressional Republicans.  Although their site at GOP.gov carries pretty run-of-the-mill content, it actually has an extremely substantial API.  For non-technophiles, the API is the Application … Continue reading →

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Think local, act local?

Posted on 4 February 2009 by Robert

Its almost as if those people who are actually spending the money to make this work are participating in a leisure activity, rather than an everyday participation in a market that could sustain the local economy. Continue reading →

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Social Cost of Slavery

Posted on 2 February 2009 by Robert

The unease of great-grandparents long-since buried, still festers in the soul, and it cannot be excised by education, science or modernity. Continue reading →

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Satire Resumes

Posted on 23 January 2009 by Robert

Is it hard to make fun of Obama?  Chris Rock: He’s just one of those guys, you know, like Will Smith. There’s no Will Smith jokes. There’s no Brad Pitt jokes. You know, what are you going to say? “Ooh, … Continue reading →

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Photos in the Crowd

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Robert

Malia and The Crowd had two utterly different viewpoints on the proceedings, yet both exhibited the same urge. In both cases, there is an irrationality to their actions. Continue reading →

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MLK

Posted on 20 January 2009 by Robert

This seems appropriate to me, as it does to many other people too: Note how he seems almost in a trance at the end. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F01%2F20%2Fmlk%2F’; addthis_title = ‘MLK’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Motto America

Posted on 20 January 2009 by Robert

Welcome, President Obama. To mark the inauguration, and let us hope a more nuanced and optimistic USA, here’s a strangemap of America’s state mottos: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F01%2F20%2Fmotto-america%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Motto+America’; addthis_pub = ”;

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The Bigger Gaffe

Posted on 18 January 2009 by Robert

Nate Silver” If Bill Clinton was the first black president, then Barack Obama might be the first urban one. He is the only American president in recent history to seem unembarrassed about claiming a personal residence in a major American city.” Continue reading →

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Obama’s 100 Days for Human Rights

Posted on 12 January 2009 by Robert

Not many people have signed the petition yet. Why not add your name to the list? Continue reading →

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