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31 January 2012 15:58
The USA won’t be going gentle into that good night
People predicting American decline may be in for a surprise.
Philadelphia - A popular pastime these days, both here in the USA and in chat rooms, newspapers, cafes, and living rooms worldwide, is discussing the inevitable decline and fall of the great American empire.
After all, say the declinists, America's economy is still in the dumps, unemployment is stubbornly high, the political landscape is scorched wasteland of partisan sniping and bitter disagreement, and the US military is ineptly leaving Iraq and Afghanistan pretty much the way it found them - violent, rubble-strewn, and dangerous.
With its economic and military ...
25 January 2012 17:14
The political monster that ate the world
How politics destroyed us in 2011, and will hurt us in 2012.
Many people, especially those to the left of the political spectrum, worry a lot these days about the power of private corporations and wealthy individuals to influence our lives and the fate of the planet. This isn't irrational - the new laws on campaign finance in the US, for example, give corporations unprecedented power to pay for influence - but it is just a little misguided.
The truth is that as a result of two major trends, these days, politics is where real economic power resides, and it is political processes and games that will shape the world's fate (and investment returns) in the future. Let's look at the two trends that underlie this new reality.
The weakened West: Governme...
18 January 2012 18:43
Where's Wiki?
Why Wikipedia, Google, & others went dark on the 18th.
Philadelphia - As you wandered around the web yesterday, you may have noticed that some of the sites you visited - Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, and a whole bunch of blogs - were not operating exactly as promised. On the contrary, these and many other sites were offering something quite different from their usual line, as the pictures below, which show you what you could expect to see when you visited Wikipedia, Google, or Reddit yesterday, illustrate.
These sites, and many others, were all engaged in a blackout, a protest against some proposed legislation in the United States that is set to have a major impact on the way that the internet works. So, the obvious question is, what's it all about and why should you care?
SOPA - so wha'?
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