Expaticats

I never quite understood the phenomenon of pundits. Pundits are people with opinions, and they like to give them. So far, so good. I mean, look at me. I like my own opinion so much that I have my own blog. The part where things go wrong is that they appear in big media outlets [...]

Ik heb het fenomeen publicisten (“pundits”, “opiniemakers”) nooit begrepen. Publicisten zijn mensen met een mening, en ze houden ervan die mening te geven. Ok, prima. Ik bedoel: kijk mij nou. Ik vind mijn eigen mening zo belangrijk dat ik een eigen blog heb. Het gaat fout als ze verschijnen in de media om hun mening [...]

People unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Senate are probably wondering what is happening in the Senate with regard to healthcare reform, and why it is taking so long. I’ve noticed that newspapers outside the US will report that something has passed the House, with an expectant tone that this clears the way for [...]

Mensen die niet bekend zijn met de interne regels van de Senaat vragen zich waarschijnlijk af wat er aan de hand is in de Senaat met betrekking tot zorghervorming, en waarom het zo lang duurt. Ik merkte dat kranten buiten de VS berichten dat iets door Huis van Afgevaardigden heen is, op een manier die [...]

But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases what so ever over the District of Columbia; if the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; if the power to regulate commerce with [...]

But if the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases what so ever over the District of Columbia; if the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; if the power to regulate commerce with [...]