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A phrasebook for translating Washington into English

Here’s a helpful guide for American’s reading the latest news from Washington, provide by Lewis Lapham in his book Lights, Camera, Democracy! (2001) — a book I strongly recommend every American read.  Although written many years ago, it’s still current because nothing significant has changed. These things are important to understand.  As accurate diagnosis must precede a cure, …

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America reaches a tipping point as Washington becomes its heart and soul

Summary:  All bow down to our Versailles-on-the-Potomac! I recommend reading in full this powerful and prophetic essay, “Height of Power: As other American fiefdoms fade, Washington looms larger than ever“, Joel Kotkin, Washington Post, 25 January 2009.  It describes a likely result of the current downturn, a climax to trends that date back to WWI.  This article …

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COIN making life better for an American city (is this good news?)

For several years I have wondered why, if our COIN methods of understanding and manipulating foreign cultures work so well, why we did not apply them in America’s failed “states” — our inner cities. The leaders of Washington DC have taken up this dare. The Examiner explains: Under an executive order expected to be announced …

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