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longwalkdownlyndale: Why I'm (Sort Of) On The Hillary Train
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Friday, August 14, 2015. Why I'm (Sort Of) On The Hillary Train. Which is the distillation of a whole lot of research done by a branch of the so called "Americanist" tradition of political science) which basically argues that nominations are chosen not by voters and caucus goers, but by the parties themselves and all their actors aligning around a largely consensus nominee. How does this work? Not really, then you basically had a party deadlocked between Hillary and Obama (no consensus nominee! Which bri...
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One Way Ticket to Cairo: The Unexpected Egypt
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One Way Ticket to Cairo. Monday, January 28, 2008. Nate, Arthur and I explored the Pyramids a few days ago. We went at sunset when the area was closing and sat atop peaks just taking in the view. Next time we'll go inside, but just being on the sand dunes high above Cairo was breathtaking and something I'll always keep with me. School starts in a few days, but every day has been an excitement - even just shopping and cooking is a little bit more exciting in Cairo. January 28, 2008 at 5:18 PM. I say keep ...
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longwalkdownlyndale: Netanyahu's Folly
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Saturday, January 31, 2015. The New York Times had a nice round-up piece. Describing the recent massive break down in American-Israeli relations. Simply put American relations with Israel are probably at there lowest point since, well ever, largely due to Netanyahu's stance of having nothing but utter contempt for Barack Obama and trying to make an end run around the president by giving a speech to congress. Calling for war with Iran and himself being relected. She never forgets a slight, real or imagine...
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longwalkdownlyndale: Gawker and Why Americans Hate the Media
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Gawker and Why Americans Hate the Media. Back In 1996 Jim Fallows wrote one of the best analysis or the media I've ever read, and it was appropriately titled "Why Americans Hate The Media.". The media of course doesn't like talking about this, and since they control the debate it's rarely mentioned. But it's an empirical fact that the American public take a pretty dismal view of journalists as a profession. Simply put journalists are one of the most distrusted professions. Who wrot...
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longwalkdownlyndale: June 2015
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Thursday, June 25, 2015. Some Thoughts On The Trans-Pacific Partnership. So it looks like the Trans-Pacific Partnership is going to be a thing, even though it seemed to be on the ropes just last week. But to be blunt I think a number of groups came out looking pretty bad during this whole debate. Here’s my run down. Remember when Obama’s presidency was doomed because many of the members of his party in Congress disagreed with him over a trade treaty? This had never happened before of course. Or something...
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longwalkdownlyndale: The New New New New Republic
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015. The New New New New Republic. Pyonter had a nice run down. About the new face of the (new) New Republic and some of changes that have gone down since last December when most of employees quit/were laid off after it was bought out by Facebook zillionare Chris Hughes. The fallout from the whole affair showed the political media at it's worst in my opinion. TNR loyalists like Jonathan Chait were morally outraged. And cited Buzzfeed as a better model for the future. So boo to him!
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One Way Ticket to Cairo: January 2008
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One Way Ticket to Cairo. Monday, January 28, 2008. Nate, Arthur and I explored the Pyramids a few days ago. We went at sunset when the area was closing and sat atop peaks just taking in the view. Next time we'll go inside, but just being on the sand dunes high above Cairo was breathtaking and something I'll always keep with me. School starts in a few days, but every day has been an excitement - even just shopping and cooking is a little bit more exciting in Cairo. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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One Way Ticket to Cairo: My Egyptian Friends….and Other Animals*
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One Way Ticket to Cairo. Sunday, April 20, 2008. My Egyptian Friends….and Other Animals*. If the cats in my apartment building are any measure, this city of 20 million must have at double that amount in stray/wild animals. It’s not rare to see donkeys, horses, camels and dogs, (especially in heavy traffic) and there’s those. Early morning ferrets who dart out at my feet as I run to crew. But a few animals have caught my particular naturalist fancy:. Now that the kittens are able to hunt on their own with...
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