After the American Century

Technology, politics and culture

August 30, 2012

Election 2012: Bland Candidates but Vital Issues

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After the American Century There was a New Yorker cartoon some months ago showing a lawn sign with a caption that ran, as I now rec...
August 29, 2012

What Republicans are (not) Saying at their Convention

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After the American Century By their words ye shall know them. What words have the Republicans been using so far in their Convention? Pa...
August 22, 2012

If corporatations are people, then hostile takeovers are corporate rape

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After the American Century The Republican syllogism 1. Corporations are people Mitt Romney famously said that "corporations ...
August 14, 2012

Paul Ryan May Hurt Romney's Electoral Vote

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After the American Century Updates added the day after the election in this color. A VP nominee must bring more than competence and ...
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...
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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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