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Joel is a Web developer and student of law & politics currently residing in Bowling Green, Oh. Comments are always appreciated!My Twitter Feed
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Arms Control
I’m not going to provide too much commentary here; I’m sure you all are perfectly capable of deducting the various ironies, good points, and other pieces of worthwhile information yourselves (but I’ll help out a bit with some visual styles): … Continue reading
AMERICA ~ part 2 Here is part 2 of my installment on Jean Baudrillard’s book, “America“. In this portion, Baudrillard really starts ‘drawing the boundaries’, if you will; clearly defining the fundamental elements of society – elements by which we … Continue reading
Posted in arts/entertainment
Tagged America, baudrillard, Europe, france, philosophy
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AMERICA ~~ a series
I spent most of last weekend reading a book titled “America” by the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. Baudrillard, who recently passed away, was perhaps France’s most influental “modern” philosopher (in terms of his writing, he would be classified as a ‘post-modern’ … Continue reading
Europe LOVES us again! (like I care)
I just stumbled across a couple great articles on the renewed US – Europe relationship (here and here). A lot of people have been complaining recently about how Bush has “tarnished” and “ruined” our perception in the rest of the world… … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs
Tagged attitudes, bush, Europe, france, french, relationship, sarkosy
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