Last week, I finished reading Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick book The Untold History of the United States. The authors of this 600+ page volume also created a 10 episode miniseries for the Showtime Network (I assume that this was Stone's principle role in the project as he is the narrator of the episodes) which … Continue reading Book Review: The Untold History of the United States
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The End of American Exceptionism — Updated
I wrote this blog on Election night back in November and it generated some of the most robust discussion on theriskyshift that I have had. What we have seen since then is that in the first 5 and a half months since President Obama was inaugurated I feel that my argument has been justified. Very little getting … Continue reading The End of American Exceptionism — Updated
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