Archive for November 1st, 2008
The Other Blogger in the Family
Just wanted to let you know that my cousin Søren Bitsch Christensen is blogging on h-o blog on behalf of Dansk Historisk Fællesråd.
Which reminds me that I really ought to visit Århus sometime soon.
links for 2008-11-01
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Below is a list of key House, Senate, gubernatorial and state legislative races, arranged by poll closing times.
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A DISTURBING new trend is emerging across Europe. Anti-Semitism and xenophobia are on the rise. A growing minority of citizens in several European countries holds unfavorable opinions of Jews. Negative views of Israel, sympathy with the Palestinian cause, rising anti-Americanism, and a backlash against globalization and immigration all play a role in this trend.
A New Tagline
The blog’s previous tagline – “Notes from the periphery” – was inspired by two facts: a) I’m not a political insider and b) I used to live in Umeå, which is not exactly the centre of the known universe. Considering that Odense is not Umeå, the tagline had become a bit misleading – Odense may not be a major political or economic centre but the city is pretty centrally placed in Denmark. And Odense’s city centre doesn’t have that suburban feel which haunted central Umeå.
Fortunately, the recent move of the Department of Political Science in Odense to a trailer park located between two parking lots provided me with the inspiration necessary to come up with a new tagline. So what you have now are the notes of a trailer park political scientist! 