After the American Century

Technology, politics and culture

December 30, 2011

The Year People Doubted their Leaders: 2011 in Review

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After the American Century 2011 was the year when people all over the world declared they doubted the legitimacy or the capacities of t...
December 20, 2011

Denmark Expells Educated, Danish-Speaking Immigrant, 28 Years Old

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After the American Century Denmark had an election recently, and one of the issues was the poor treatment of immigrants. But nothing see...
December 14, 2011

Santa's Calling

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After the American Century Santa's Calling It's the week before Christmas but Santa's depressed. His sack is still ...
December 10, 2011

Can the EURO be Saved by Top Down Budget Controls that Start Next October? And Is Brussels Really Up to this Job?

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The New EU Agreement May Not Work in Practice After the American Century  I confess that the Euro Crisis seems to me only temporari...
December 09, 2011

My Mark Twain (A tenuous, triple relationship)

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I have always suffered from the pleasant illusion that I have a personal relationship to Mark Twain. This is a family matter.  Those w...
December 02, 2011

Socialists Break Another Promise: Public Transportation

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After the American Century Socialists and the Socialist People's Party campaigned on the green platform of improving mass transit, r...
November 29, 2011

An Electrical Blackout Just For Me?

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After the American Century The storm that lashed Denmark Saturday night with hurricane winds caused a blackout at our house. We were wa...
November 25, 2011

New Danish Government Breaks its Word and Slashes University Teaching Budgets

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After the American Century                            Many hoped that the new socialist-led government would offer a dramatic imp...
November 24, 2011

What we can be thankful for on Thanksgiving

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After the American Century A cynic might say that we have nothing to be thankful about on Thanksgiving. But there are some good things....
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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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