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April 17, 2005

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bjr@yahoo.com

I saw a Simpsons where Homer is reading the economist and says something like "Well, it looks like Malaysia faces problems with its foreign currency reserves." It was very funny.

R.Mutt

I haven't read the article about radical islam in the Netherlands you mention, but it may be that the author isn't just echoing Republicans, but also knows a few things about Dutch politics. Values and principles - "normen en waarden" - are much more than an electoral talking point for our prime minister Balkenende. He's a 1950s style Christian Democrat, somehow escaped from a time capsule, and is completely obsessed by that "tattered banner". When the Netherlands chaired the EU he even tried to shame the country forever in the eyes of the world by attempting to organize an international conference on the subject.

abb1

Well, John Ralston Saul announced The end of globalism, so maybe the "Economist" is convulsing in agony or something...

FS

Homer's quote is, "Look at me. I’m reading The Economist. Did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?"

I still enjoy the Economist, but I'd agree that it seems to be drifting towards a non-reality based viewpoint.

Daryl

I'll say I love the Economist's style - wry isn't easy to do. (And yeah, it does have two kinds of articles - there's always an element of 'plus ca change...' in its tone.) The writer of the article did seem to know about Dutch politics - as R.Mutt notes above, Balkenende does talk a lot about values and principles. I agree that the analogy to American politics may not be valid, but it seems less an absorption of the right-wing talking points and more of an attempt to make the subject accessible by using a more well-known analogue...

Agagooga

You know what they say about College Arts and Social Sciences faculties and the left wing :)

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