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• Crooked Timber » » The two-party system
  John Quiggin argues that the US finally, for the first time in its history, has an actual two-party system.
  (tags: politics government democrats)
• Johann Hari - We have much to learn from the French
  Johann Hari describes why the French democratic system is producing 85% turnouts while in the US and Britain turnouts are as low as ever.
  (tags: politics france britain usa democracy)
• China Mieville » Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read
  Title says it all. I’m happy because it includes the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, one of my favorite scifi series.
  (tags: scifi socialism books list)
• The Washington Monthly - Iraq Roundup
  I hate the Bush administration. They held back a report for 4 months from the Pentagon’s Mental Health Advisory Team for the Iraq War recommending shorter deployments while they were pushing the escalation.
  (tags: iraq)
• The Escapist - Textual Pleasure
  Lara Crigger writes about the contemporary interactive fiction community, its games, and its history.
  (tags: interactive.fiction gaming)