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Why is “Liberal” such a bad word?

August 8, 2011

I don’t get what’s going on in American politics anymore (and apologies in advance for the rant, they seem to be going around recently. I don’t get the rise of the Tea Party.  I don’t understand why it’s so “weak” to be a liberal.  I don’t get that a fair number of my fellow Americans [...]

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The Year in Review: 2010 Highlights

January 22, 2011

My annual review post is a bit late, but better late than never, I figure.  My posting this last year was limited due to being sick my whole pregnancy, then having very little time due to the men in my life (a newborn, a preschooler, and my husband participating in the start of a new [...]

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How Germany changed me from a Republican to a Democrat

March 19, 2010

Before I moved to Germany in May 2002, I was a lifelong Republican.  I came from a family of political conservatives.  I participated in Young Republican activities in high school and college.  As soon as I turned 18, I registered as a member of the Republican Party of Virginia.  I voted for Bob Dole over [...]

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President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize?

October 9, 2009

As I listened to the news on the way in to town this morning, I heard President Obama‘s name mentioned as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and my immediate reaction was: yeah right.  I thought, he hasn’t done anything yet, maybe in eight years, if he accomplishes many of the goals he set [...]

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Universal health care: Taking on the myths

August 27, 2009

This is the fifth and last post in my series on universal health care. The first was a description of the health care system in Germany, the second was my experiences in the German and the US systems, the third was reader submitted experienced with universal health care in Germany, and the fourth gave experiences [...]

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The Takeaway’s Healthcare Roundtables

August 26, 2009

As I announced yesterday evening on the AmiExpat Facebook page, all this week, national radio morning news show The Takeaway is doing Healthcare Roundtables and I’m going to be taking part in a discussion with other Americans living abroad on Friday.  “The Takeaway… is a co-production of PRI (Public Radio International) and WNYC Radio in [...]

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Racist, Tasteless or Provocative?

August 11, 2009

“The only reason to vote Black. /  Time for Green.” The Green Party in the town of Kaarst has put up this poster, the color black in German politics is generally used to represent the Christian Democrat Party of Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to Spiegel International: The poster is meant to highlight the Greens’ support for [...]

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