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Why do so many Americans believe so much nonsense?
January 28th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
According to results from a recent Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll, 63% of registered voters in the United States buy into at least one political conspiracy theory. The nationwide survey of registered voters asked Americans to evaluate four different political conspiracy theories: 56 % of Democrats and 75 % of Republicans say that at least one is […]
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How much greater is the American gun murder rate than that in Britain?
January 26th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Twice? Three times? Four times? You may find this hard to believe but the answer is 32 times. Don’t believe me? Check out the graph on this web page. Time for stronger gun controls in the US. Go for it, Barack.
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President Barack Obama’s second inauguration speech
January 22nd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
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“The House I Live In” or how America lost the war on drugs
January 19th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
In 40 years, of America’s ‘war on drugs’, more than 45 million arrests have been made. The approach has made the United States the world’s largest jailer with almost 2.3 million individuals incarcerated. This means that the USA has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world with about 1% of all adults in jail. African […]
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How American capitalism sickens and kills its citizens
January 11th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
“Americans are dying and suffering at rates that we know are unnecessary because people in other high-income countries are living longer lives and enjoying better health. What really concerns our panel is why, for decades, we have been slipping behind.” This a is the comment of the chair of a panel in the United States […]
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What can the US President do to mitigate the impact of the so-called fiscal cliff?
December 22nd, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I’ve had an interesting e-mail from a guy who asks me: “I would like to learn about the extent of Presidential powers, as granted by the Constitution, to deal with situations in which the cooperation of Capitol Hill may be suboptimal. For example, can the President issue and enact executive orders aimed at avoiding the […]
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How the world’s largest economy is hurtling towards a fiscal cliff
December 17th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Those who feel that the United States political system is now fundamentally dysfunctional can quote in evidence how Congress is unable to agree measures which will avoid the US economy falling off a so-called fiscal cliff in a couple of weeks time. You can read why and how this is likely to happen here.
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How to think critically
December 17th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
For the third consecutive year, my permission has ben sought – and obviously given – for my website essay on “How To Think Critically” to be used on the Junior Military Officer course at the United States Naval War College. If my advice is good enough for the American military, you might want to check […]
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When will Americans see sense on gun control?
December 15th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
1966: Charles Whitman kills his wife and mother and then 14 others at the University of Texas 1976: Edward Allaway shoots 7 people in a library at California State University Fullerton 1984: James Huberty shoots dead 21 people at a McDonald’s in California 1986: Postal worker Pat Sherrill kills 14 people at a post office […]
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Will America remain the overwhelmingly dominant superpower throughout the whole of the 21st century?
December 1st, 2012 by Roger Darlington
American military expert George Friedman is sure that it will and sets out his case in a fascinating book called “The Next 100 Years”. I am not so convinced as explained in my review of the book here.
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