Glia
08-22-2012, 09:26 PM
SPIEGEL ONLINE, 08/17/2012
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The End of Reason: What Potatoes Say about the State of US Democracy
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The debate in the US Congress last winter over whether potatoes should
be curbed in school lunches is emblematic of the modern-day crisis in US
governance. Lobbyists and other powerful interest groups dominate the
tenor of the debate. Unsurprisingly, most Americans have lost confidence
in their leaders.
By Marc Hujer
Read the article at:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,843595,00.html
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The End of Reason: What Potatoes Say about the State of US Democracy
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The debate in the US Congress last winter over whether potatoes should
be curbed in school lunches is emblematic of the modern-day crisis in US
governance. Lobbyists and other powerful interest groups dominate the
tenor of the debate. Unsurprisingly, most Americans have lost confidence
in their leaders.
By Marc Hujer
Read the article at:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,843595,00.html