Political Education

[gothwalk]

Originally published at Now Is A Long Time Too. You can comment here or there.

I’m starting to kick my political blog, A Political Education, back into motion in a slightly different mode, because I’m tried of coming across stuff that I’d like to post there, and not doing so becuase it’s not in the topics I’m working on. So I’m going to keep working on the research topics, but post on other things as well, and hopefully not make too many mistakes in the process. I’m sure people will correct me if I do.

It’s on LJ as politicaledu, and you can get the raw feed here: A Political Education Atom Feed

Comments

Hi Drew....

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...I read through some of your introductory posts, and made a few comments. I noticed a bit of the quandary of trying to find sources that were generally neutral in discussion of contentious topics.

I've got a book I highly recommend-- actually, I have multiple copies of it, if you'd like to borrow a copy-- that discusses the fundamental differences between American and European political systems, philosophy, and beliefs and the consequences those differences have for decision makers on both sides of the Atlantic.

'The Right Nation: Why America is Different'

It's written by two Brits from Oxford, and does a fair job of remaining neutral [I believe both are affiliated with Labour]. As it says in the introduction, if you've picked up the book hoping to be told Bush is a moronic, oil-obsessed cowboy, or to hear the French are a bunch of Cheese-eating surrender monkeys, you'll be sorely dissappointed.

Probably the best work on contemporary American politics, and how it's ended up where it is, in the past 20 years.

Re: Hi Drew....

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

That sounds useful, and I'll certainly borrow a copy, if I may.