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• 1 - Phillip Winn

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:41 pm

  Are the Amazon selections balanced enough? They've got to be in *some* order, after all. I suppose they skew, just slightly, in one direction, but hopefully it will go unnoticed.

• 2 - Aaman

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:49 pm

  I'm trying to figure how do people reach this page? Will this be on the section page?
  
  The selections are somewhat US-centric. Politics is a global (problem?) phenomenon

• 3 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:50 pm

  I also thought these would show up on the section pages

• 4 - Phillip Winn

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:53 pm

  Yes, they will, I'm in-process. :-) The Music Section page already has it.

• 5 - SFC SKI

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:54 pm

  Well, Aaman, that is because, like it or not, US politics is what gets more people around the world fired up to post or respond. I am interested in world politics, that is to say politics in other countries, but I have "No dog in the fight" when it comes to German political parties, Indian parliamentary procedure and the like. So people are free and encouraged to post away about world events, but my response will usually be, "Thanks for the info, I didn't know that", not out of disinterest, justout of unfamiliarity.

• 6 - Phillip Winn

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:56 pm

  Indeed, I tried to think of keywords that might get me some interesting international political themes to post, and foudn nothing not related to "the war," which is still pretty US-centric in most people's mind.
  
  Got any suggestions for ASINs?

• 7 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:57 pm

  is there a way to have the comments simply display on the page somewhere?

• 8 - Phillip Winn

  Mar 04, 2005 at 2:58 pm

  Um, look over on the right, at the bottom of the "Hot TOPICS" section. :-)

• 9 - Aaman

  Mar 04, 2005 at 3:00 pm

  0764508873,0140444211,078671378X,074325547X,0805068848

• 10 - Aaman

  Mar 04, 2005 at 3:00 pm

  that's a start:)

• 11 - Phillip Winn

  Mar 04, 2005 at 3:02 pm

  Hmm, I tried to stay balanced, partisanship-wise, but I think the Wilson book might push even more to the left than I already had it.

• 12 - Sharon O'Suillibhan

  Mar 08, 2005 at 2:40 pm

  Hi folks !
  
  This is my first time to post on 'Blogcritics' so .... I'll just post re my own blog !
  I run a blog from Dublin , Ireland , commenting on our history and politics ; might sound a bit 'dry' , I know , but I have over 35,000 ' hits ' so far and dozens of comments in my 'Guestbook' , so I must be doing something right ! The blog is written from an (Irish) Republican view-point , and I make no apologises for that !
  Check it out , if you have time , and maybe leave me a message in the 'Guestbook' ?
  The URL is -
  http://1169andcounting.blogspot.com
  
  Slan go foill anois ,
  
  Sharon,
  Dublin,
  Ireland.

• 13 - Angela Chen Shui

  Mar 08, 2005 at 6:31 pm

  The following are some of the ones I found at Amazon under 'world politics' and 'global politics':
  
  0534574424 - World Politics : Trend and Transformation (with International Relations Interactive CD-ROM and InfoTrac)
  032120946X - Conflict After the Cold War, Updated Edition (2nd Edition)
  0312149905 - World Security: Challenges for a New Century
  0300102526 - Why Globalization Works
  0521606144 - Global Crises, Global Solutions

• 14 - The Duke

  Apr 03, 2005 at 5:37 pm

  Philosophy, Theology, Lobotomy, BottleInFrontOfMe......
  
  Yep, all here

• 15 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo

  Apr 03, 2005 at 5:56 pm

  whats this i see? another Duke? dear lord...

• 16 - Mark Schannon

  Apr 03, 2005 at 11:06 pm

  Hey Sharon, welcome to the land of lunatics, hyperbole, personal insults, and truly inspired debate...most of which supported by significant visits to the baths of Dionysis. I myself visit the John Jameson's room there.
  
  For example, Phillip, of what value are "opinions" when one has outrage? It's surely enough to hold a point of view based on nothing more than wildly firing neurons and unconscious impulses.
  
  I think that's guaranteed by the constitution, but I'm not sure of what country.
  
  Subliminus.

• 17 - DrPat

  Apr 04, 2005 at 6:47 am

  based on nothing more than wildly firing neurons and unconscious impulses
  
  Oh, well said, Mark! That covers 80% of the Politics commentary, right there. 'Course, there is that other 20% to keep the conscious side of the brain occupied!
  
  I think you know my leanings, Phillip, but that ASIN line-up looks pretty well balanced to me. Not sure if you need two "copies" of the Dummies book, however. And for a classic, you might throw in Machiavelli... (0553212788)

• 18 - Mark Schannon

  Apr 04, 2005 at 11:09 am

  Oh Dr. Pat, how you exagerate so...20% for the conscious mind. Such wishful thinking. However, maybe that was just a typo--maybe you meant 2%.
  
  

• 19 - DrPat

  Apr 04, 2005 at 1:56 pm

  Um, that was 20% of the commentary, not 20% of the brain.

• 20 - Shaun

  May 06, 2005 at 3:25 am

  Great site I hope to have you on my program Subject To Discussion to talk about Blogcritics and politics.
  
  Shaun
  

• 21 - Eric Olsen

  May 06, 2005 at 7:59 am

  thanks Shaun, we would enjoy doing it I'm sure

• 22 - Temple Stark

  May 06, 2005 at 6:46 pm

  Live blogging of the Kansas evolution hearings.

• 23 - SFC SKI

  May 06, 2005 at 7:00 pm

  I could google it up, but isn't it about the 80th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial?
  
  I love letting other people look smart.
  

• 24 - Jeremy

  May 17, 2005 at 10:52 pm

  Maybe you could throw in a Schlesinger book for good measure?
  
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• 25 - Temple Stark

  May 26, 2005 at 6:10 pm

  Theo van Gogh: Two Chechen men arrested in connection with his death. Dutchman Mohammed Bouyeri is awaiting trial for the murder (AP).