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In Pursuit of Happier Times

9 Day 1,892, 01:29 Published in USA USA Political debates and analysis Political debates and analysis

This is the sequel to yesterday’s article, in which I summarised earlier articles and warned about the current SPQR nonsense. I apologise if it is too long for some. This theme does not lend itself to pictures!

We have been hearing a little too

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Refresher

9 Day 1,891, 01:10 Published in USA USA Political debates and analysis Political debates and analysis

Every now and then, a writer takes a break. In my case, a little bit of RL was going on, along with a mounting sense of frustration about two worrying questions in eRepublik.

As I am continuing a theme with this article and its sequel, I’ll give

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Misappropriation of terms

23 Day 1,874, 23:46 Published in USA USA Political debates and analysis Political debates and analysis

Politicians, religious leaders and despots love to appropriate symbols, practices, concepts, names and heroes, rarely with any particular honesty, but mainly for their own purposes.

The story of the re-conversion of Britain to Christianity by

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Reservations

14 Day 1,865, 01:54 Published in USA USA Political debates and analysis Political debates and analysis

We are once again in primary season, as the candidates jockey for endorsement by various parties. For an explanation of the system, read the article here.

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The end does not justify the means

21 Day 1,855, 00:15 Published in USA USA Political debates and analysis Political debates and analysis

“The Prince?”

Many people quote, from my old friend Niccolo Machiavelli, a piece about the ends justifying the means. Old Nick and I go back a long way. He helped me get very high grades in Renaissance history at university!

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