Month: September 2014

Explaining the EU to outsiders

Promoted by Steven D Having written a piece on American Exceptionalism I thought it might be appropriate to turn my attention to the EU, and to try to define what makes it a unique constellation of notionally independent states...

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I Muse on a Jeb Sighting in Oz Land

Kansas has become the state to which much of the media has turned its attention when it comes to this year’s misdirection-election season. And not only the media. Look, down on the ground, among the cornfield and manure,...

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Secret Service – Cultural Failure?

Promoted by Steven D. Like all the other institutional failures being ascribed to cultures, such as the NY Fed, VA hospitals, etc? Or is the job/mission just too darn tough to expect zero failures?  Does the fact that only...

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O’Malley in New Hampshire

Promoted by Steven D. Thanks fladem for your first-hand account. I think many here, and most who think of themselves left of the Democratic Party center are looking for a candidate other than Hilary Clinton.  Front runners...

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