Thursday, January 06, 2005

SUDHA SHENOY: 21st Century 'Imperialism' & 19th Century Empire: Some Thoughts. The US government’s foreign policy is often described as ‘imperial’ & so its inevitable difficulties are generally considered to be those of an imperial power. There is, however, a fundamental & crucial distinction between this short-term 21st (& 20th)century policy & the ‘permanent’ empires of the 18th & 19th centuries. A permanent empire meant career administrators, who spent an entire working life in a particular... [Liberty & Power: Group Blog] 12:04:15 PM    comment () The USGS has an RSS feed that shows all magnitude 2.5 and greater earthquakes, worldwide. As a resident of an earthquake prone area, I subscribe, and it's been interesting to see how many 5.x-6.x aftershocks there have been in the area of the recent 9.0 earthquake. They're still going on, in fact. 10:23:41 AM    comment ()

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