Lobbying is a strange practice when we're talking about how a government works. In theory, lobbying is what citizens can do to try and influence what their representatives do; write a letter, make a
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Lobbying is a strange practice when we're talking about how a government works. In theory, lobbying is what citizens can do to try and influence what their representatives do; write a letter, make a
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Anyone who has ever been to the United States, or watched commercials on American Television somehow, knows of the never-ending barrage of Pharmaceutical ads that have come to take over the gaps in be
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I wrote a piece for the Guardian on the Dutch vote during last week's European Parliamentary elections. Here's an excerpt:
The headlines on Friday morning in Amsterdam looked not unlike those in the
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Wait don't leave yet. I know the title doesn't scream exciting, but if you're like me, you want to know about how the city you live in handles waste disposal. The EU's statistics office, Eurstat, has
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Currently flipping through the European Health Consumer Index for 2008, which seems to rate nations (in Europe) based on how well the health system treats patients and how empowered patients are. Thou
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No this is not a spam post.
While in the United States I usually watch a bit of television and I definitely spend time listening to the radio. One thing you'll have no problem encountering on both
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The theme this season on the blog continues to be food; the cost, growing, and politics of food. Recently, while preparing for my journey to Thailand (next week), I've noticed 2 big changes coming t
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It is that feeling that never really goes away. No matter how often you might look around at how things work in Europe and admire things, there is the ever present feeling that politics, business, and
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