Technology, politics and culture
July 31, 2012
Technology: A European Patent Office, 222 Years Later than the US
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After the American Century The first patent issued by the US government was approved July 31, 1790. The document was signed by George W...
July 26, 2012
Negative Ads Dominate Campaign, Obscuring the real issues
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After the American Century Last week in Virginia, just one week, more than 4,000 negative campaign ads were on radio and television. Th...
July 11, 2012
The Offshore Candidate: Romney and the Cayman Islands
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After the American Century Perhaps Romney should run for president of the Cayman Islands. He has millions of dollars invested there. H...
July 08, 2012
Post-Modern Waiting Room
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After the American Century I am sitting in a new emergency room, where I have taken my mother-in-law, because she has broken her thumb...
June 30, 2012
Victory for a Compromise: Obama Care
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After the American Century It costs four times more more money to have a baby in the United States than it does in Germany or in Canad...
June 25, 2012
The Banality of Evil: What Americans now seem to accept
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After the American Century Fifty years ago Hannah Arendt compellingly argued that great evils are commonly not the work of sociopaths...
June 13, 2012
Election 2012: Causes of American Political Polarization
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After the American Century Jeb Bush has now said what every thoughtful commentator has been saying for some time: the Republican...
June 07, 2012
What Does the Wisconsin Recall Vote Mean?
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After the American Century The Democrats failed to recall the sitting governor in Wisconsin, but Obama remains more popular than Romney...
June 05, 2012
Which Underdog Will Lose the Election?
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After the American Century There may be an advantage to being a (slight) underdog in the American presidential election. Both candidat...
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