After the American Century

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June 30, 2008

Obama Takes the Center, Perhaps Florida

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After the American Century In the last few weeks Senator Obama has performed the classic manouevre required of successful presidential candi...
June 26, 2008

Shakespeare, Hemingway, Dylan, and the 2008 Election

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After the American Century Thanks to Rolling Stone, we now know that Barack Obama's literary taste runs to Shakespeare and Hemingwa...
June 24, 2008

Will Americans Get an Accidental President?

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After the American Century In 2000 Americans did not elect the president, the Supreme Court did, by a vote of 5-4. For democracy to retain l...
June 23, 2008

Financing Obama and McCain

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After the American Century From abroad, the cost of American elections is unbelievable, appalling. In 2008 more than $1 billion will be spen...
June 19, 2008

The Curious Un-Democratic Secrecy of Vice-Presidential Selection.

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After the American Century One of the most curious practices in world politics is the selection of American vice-presidents. While literally...
June 18, 2008

Bush Dusts off Reagan's Energy Script, for McCain

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After the American Century In my last Blog I recalled the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan on energy in the 1980 campaign. No sooner had I publ...
June 14, 2008

Obama and McCain on Energy

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After the American Century John McCain and Barack Obama have both announced energy programs. McCain says that he is more "green...
June 13, 2008

A World's Fair in Copenhagen?

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After the American Century To the uninitiated, it sounds like such a good idea. There has never been a world's fair in Copenhagen, so wh...
June 11, 2008

The Nurse's Strike and The Hypocritical Danish State

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After the American Century [The murses strike ended shortly after I wrote this column. I doubt there was any cause and effect! The nurses sc...
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David E. Nye
Odense, Denmark
Author or editor of more than 25 books, including 12 with The MIT Press, and more than 225 publications in all. Honors include the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005. Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota. By-Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. Professor Emeritus SDU, Denmark. Knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2014. A bibliography and index to publications is available for free download at https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/219592
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