Monthly Archives: April 2011

Books of Interest:The Ideological Origins of American Federalism – Alison L. LaCroix – Harvard University Press

Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constitution, but the story began decades before the delegates met in Philadelphia. In this groundbreaking book, Alison … Continue reading

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The Disorders of Capitalism: God’s Worker (GW) and Overcompensation?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/02/lloyd-blankfein-executive-pay-bonuses?CMP=twt_fd Here is a fractured modernist tale, a pastiche of Horatio Alger. The title ‘Postal Worker’s Son Makes Good’; does that seem appropriate? GW, even in the face of a 38% fall in profits, managed to garner for himself and … Continue reading

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The Many Faces of the Arab Spring by Shlomo Ben-Ami – Project Syndicate

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Opinionator Emeritus on Obama, The Pentagon and the Libyan Rebels: Episode XXXIII in The American Political Melodrama

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-31/us-military-not-happy-over-libya/?om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BNlcRyB8aAHTDq# Revised Opinionator Emeritus (OE) has a few thing to say about the Pentagon’s dissatisfaction with President Obama’s unsteady policy decisions regarding the Libyan political and human rights crisis: to support the ‘rebels’ or not to support the ‘rebels’, Islamic … Continue reading

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Shocker: Tea Party Congress members take tons of farm subsidies – War Room

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Colonial Apologist Posits the Moral Necessity of Political Irrationalism

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-30/americas-libya-attacks-are-justified/?om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BNlHLyB8Z$yHE9 Here is Colonial Apologist (CA) on the moral necessity of vengeance in the predication and rationalization of American Foreign Policy: one need only tune to the Murdock Network for a less highly garnished version of American Exceptionalism. Can anyone … Continue reading

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