After the American Century

Technology, politics and culture

June 23, 2011

Bankruptcy Not Needed: Greece can lease islands to banks

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After the American Century At first I thought of this as a joke, but it is beginning to look reasonable. The choice for Greece is not eithe...

Academic Freedom of Expression? Not in Copenhagen

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After the American Century In Denmark at the moment academic freedom of expression is an issue. A professor at Copenhagen University c...
May 31, 2011

BRIC Nations Driving Global Warming

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After the American Century I recently spent two days at the University of Michigan, attending a conference dealing with sustainability ...
May 22, 2011

End of the World?

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After the American Century I think we can now say it is official: the world did not come to an end on May 21. This was announced as a c...
May 20, 2011

Meditations on Borders Bookstore

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Good bookstores select their books and know them. After the American Century More than three decades ago I spent some time in An...
May 17, 2011

Who Can Replace Trump, for Campaign Comic Relief?

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After the American Century I am sad to see Donald Trump quit running for president. He would have been a miserable choice, but what enterta...
May 15, 2011

Euro Song Contest Maintains its Tasteless Traditions

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After the American Century It must have been that crazy European song contest. I cannot sleep tonight,  nor can I sing a single line fr...
April 28, 2011

The Coming Meltdown of Cyberspace?

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After the American Century The sun may be shining brightly in the real world, but there are cloudy skies in cyberspace. At least once a mon...
April 14, 2011

The Cultural Value of Choirs

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After the American Century   Since I was seven years old I have been singing in choirs. There have been a few gap years, when for on...
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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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