Tag archieven: Verenigde Staten

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika is een land van grote contrasten. Ik schrijf over hun technologische innovaties en politieke tegenstellingen.

Zie ook presidenten:
#40 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
#42 Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
#43 George W. Bush (2001-2009)
#44 Barack Obama (2009-2017)
#45 Donald Trump (2017-2020)
#46 Joe Biden (2021-2024)
#47 Donald Trump (2025-2029)

Economic crisis in the USA explained

An Israeli doctor says: “Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.” A German doctor says: “That is nothing; we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and …

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New York Times, Special Edition

Communters in New York were surprised today by a free edition of The New York Times. Something was up, because it was a lot thinner than normal. Another clue is that it’s dated July 4, 2009, and full of articles talking about a future where Gitmo is closing, oil companies are nationalized, and the National …

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Sluit Guantanamo binnenkort?

Adviseurs van toekomstig president Barack Obama maken plannen om de gevangenen van Guantanamo Bay op Cuba eindelijk een gerechtelijk proces te geven. “We can’t put people in a dungeon forever without processing whether they deserve to be there.” Of de Verenigde Staten ook daadwerkelijk zullen overgaan tot de sluiting van de Guantanamo gevangenis op Cuba …

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Extreme Makeover: White House Edition

For all its majesty, the White House is basically the same knockoff neoclassical manse that John Adams relocated to in 1800. Sure, it’s riddled with history—but shouldn’t we just turn it into a museum and start fresh with something engineered for 21st-century challenges? Reimagining the President’s Residence.