Tag: america
member name: Ian Thorpe
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July 10, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
In the English speaking world outside America (yes, there is a world outside America) there has been a lot made of the fact that many Americans just do not know many basic things about American history. . . . more
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February 28, 2008 12:12 PM EST --
Nothing new from me today as I have a stomach strain and it's playing havoc with my creative module. As many of my friends are guaranteed to have a well formed and well presented argument on almost . . . more
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April 08, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
Who do we think is to blame for the financial crisis. The trade in financial derivities was crazy but was it the fault of governments because they failed to regulate, believing the promises of the . . . more
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March 15, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
TOP COMEDY news of the week. The downfall of New York politician Eliot Spritzer this week reminds us how a name can affect a persons behaviour, what path they choose in life and ultmiately their fate. . . . more
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April 07, 2008 01:24 PM EDT --
As the topic of education (or lack of it) seems to come up ever more frequently in my comment threads and we seem to be losing sight of the fact that one of the great socially improving reforms of . . . more
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February 20, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard,
English Translation published by Bloomsbury USA
Reviewed by Ian Thorpe
http://www.amazon.com/Talk-About-Books-Havent-Read/dp/1596914696 . . . more
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March 04, 2008 11:04 AM EST --
The Democratic Party claim their candidates lost the last two elections due to sharp practice, the hanging chad election in the state of Florida swinging the vote the Republicans' way in 2000 and . . . more
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May 10, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
While looking at Crooks and Liars yesterday reading comments on one of the articles which had suggested John McCain's belligerent stance on Iraq and commitment to "staying in" indefinitely . . . more
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March 09, 2008 03:01 PM EDT --
Overheard in Washington, Bill Clinton talking to a journalist ia a bar was heard to say:
"I'll be straight with you buddy, if the phone rang at 3 a.m. Hillary is the last person I would want . . . more
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August 21, 2006 12:41 PM EDT --
My earlier article here, So Who Is Anti Semitic drew the predicted responses from religious right and neo-con commenters, most of whom entirely missed the point (no surprise there) which was that those . . . more
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February 21, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
One of the big news items of last week was the story of the baby about eighteen months old in Tennessee who was carried into the air by a tornado but safely deposited in a nearby field to be found by . . . more
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June 11, 2006 10:28 AM EDT --
One of the great traditions of the World Cup cup is that the leading nations bring along a set of crappy songs. Now there are rules about these songs that Americans may have problems with, you see they . . . more
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March 18, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
What's the difference between a Christian and a stockbroker?
The stockbroker knows he's lying
Jesus died on the cross for your sins.
So why beat yourself up with guilt? Enjoy your . . . more
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June 07, 2006 12:47 PM EDT --
Gay Marriage is getting churchy folk worked up across the pond again I see.
When people of the same gender want to get married it causes a lot of bad feeling all around the English - speaking world . . . more
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May 07, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
When it is late but you are not sleepy, that is the time a documentary about a bunch of religious nutters is very welcome.
Last night was such a time for me and luckily Channel 4 obliged with a program . . . more
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April 02, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Part 4 and conclusion of the Series A Short History of Abortion and Contraception.
Read earlier parts first: Part 1 Cavewomen and Contraception Part 2 Bronze Age Birth Control Part 3 . . . more
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March 29, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
A controversial but valid view of eighteenth century slavery.
Last week saw the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British Slave Trade and with it came a rush of politicians anxious to . . . more
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April 03, 2008 01:14 PM EDT --
As Dubya ponders the failure of his missions to terminate ancient cultures in Afghanistan and Iraq and seeks to understand why his highly trained and expensively equipped army regiments have . . . more
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July 20, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
Complaints from the political correctness police that John McCain's jokes are racist, sexist and politically insensitive should be taken with a pinch of salt. All the prominent figures . . . more
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February 15, 2008 12:21 PM EST --
A fascinating and disturbing television documentary last night dealt with infant evangelical preachers and focused particularly on seven year old Samuel who, according to his parents, has been preaching . . . more
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