America

Clear and Concise Description of US Electoral System

Leave it to the Brits to finally unravel the mystery.

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American Current Account Deficit

These graphs are always fun. Not quite so spectacular if you compare them to GDP, but always fun to see in pure dollar terms.


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Pictorial of American Hobo Life

I enjoyed this collection of photos of american hobos. They are modern classics and take you into a lifestyle that you may never experience first hand (or maybe you have, who knows?).

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The Rise of a Post Christian America

Now that's a country I could move back to. But I think it will take a bit longer than I'd want.

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I have said that there has been a marked shift in American attitudes toward religion that has come about in the last four to eight years. The Christian Right has so tied themselves to Bush’s apron strings that when the apron got tarnished so did they. But then the Bush years wouldn’t have been possible without them. They aren’t exactly innocent victims of the Bush magic. They were willing accomplices.


16- to 29-year-olds exhibit a greater degree of criticism toward Christianity than did previous generations when they were at the same stage of life. In fact, in just a decade, many of the Barna measures of the Christian image have shifted substantially downward, fueled in part by a growing sense of disengagement and disillusionment among young people. For instance, a decade ago the vast majority of Americans outside the Christian faith, including young people, felt favorably toward Christianity’s role in society. Currently, however, just 16% of non-Christians in their late teens and twenties said they have a "good impression" of Christianity.


Among young non-believers, 87% said they found Christianity judgmental while 85% said it was hypocritical and 75% said it was too political. Of course this was among non-believers. The bad news for the gospel is that young Christians were almost as negative about their own faith.


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I'm With Stupid

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