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Could this work in Greece?

The Project on Government Oversight seeks to “provoke accountability” in the workings of the US Federal Government. About POGO Founded in 1981, POGO originally worked to expose outrageously overpriced military spend...
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Saying of the day: 3/29/13

  “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy: that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” — John Kenneth Galbraith
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The power of habit

By Maria Patsarika Scenario 1 A couple of weeks ago I read that Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary in the UK, claimed that he could live on £53 per week, after a benefits claimant told the BBC that he makes end...
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The new sick man of Europe

By David Wisner “The European Union is the new sick man of Europe. The effort over the past half century to create a more united Europe is now the principal casualty of the euro crisis. The European project now stands in ...
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Turkey and the EU redux

  This is a question on the tip of many people’s tongues, in Europe and elsewhere. As the folks at Debating Europe phrase it: should Turkey join the European Union? Have events in Turkey the past few days changed opi...
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The least bad option

By Kevin Featherstone Last week’s dramatic decision to close down Greece’s state broadcaster, ERT answers a question Greece’s political leaders – in and out of government – have lacked the will to confront for a g...
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The YouTube citizen

Google and YouTube claim they can help teachers turn teenagers into better citizens. Watch the clip below to find out how.
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Freedom here and now

By Diego Salas Freedom as natural right is what gives every person the capacity to live life the way they want to. This capacity is subject to numerous restrictions, of course. It has moral restrictions, legal restrictions, and...
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Research on automobile infotainment system safety

The team at Navideck have created an online survey to determine the relative safety of infotainment systems in cars. While this is a start up and Politis does not endorse commercial products, we have posted occasional public se...
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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Last year I published a Kindle e-book on the Greek sovereign debt crisis. I wanted to understand, and explain to non-Greek readers, why Greeks behaved as they had during the crisis, and why they might have acted other than an A...
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