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30 December 2013
It fascinates me to examine the conservative (note the uncapitalised “c”) parties of developed Western countries. When I arrive in a country where I’m unfamiliar with the…
20 December 2013
Karl Muth argues that water will be the defining issue for climate change watchers and politicians in the near future. Water has a linguistic history to match its biological…
20 December 2013
Martha Molfetas gives readers a snapshot of the ongoing gap between the commitments and reality of tackling climate change.   This past November, COP 19 proved to be yet…
17 December 2013
Cornelius Adebahr unpicks the politics behind recent office relocations in Brussels. Miles’ Law of Administration, ‘Where you stand depends on where you sit’, seems to take…
13 December 2013
Greg Gopman isn’t particularly wealthy. Or famous. Or influential. Or powerful. He’s another white guy who moved to San Francisco and who has an idea now and then.…
11 December 2013
Is everybody really like jet planes, islands, and tigers on a gold leash? Or are only some people? And should we care? I write this as the NASDAQ shattered four thousand points…
03 December 2013
Karl Muth talks generally about proxy variables and then focuses in on race as a proxy variable for social and economic class, arguing it is a troubling one and (mis-)used far too…
28 November 2013
Karl Muth explores how America remembers WWII. The American narrative for the Second World War focuses, oddly, more and more on the war in Europe. From Saving Private Ryan to…
21 November 2013
Why should local and regional representatives and officials from across the EU discuss the crisis-ridden bloc’s external relations, you might ask. ‘Because it matters’ would be…
15 November 2013
Karl Muth explores the relationship between statistics, hypotheses, headlines and policies. When I roam around the Internet, I collect statistics. And LOLcats (hey, quit looking…