{"id":278,"date":"2004-02-11T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2004-02-11T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2004\/02\/is_the_united_states_an_empire\/"},"modified":"2004-02-11T12:53:35","modified_gmt":"2004-02-11T16:53:35","slug":"is_the_united_states_an_empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/02\/11\/is_the_united_states_an_empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the United States an Empire?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a very interesting series of articles on the BBC’s site asking whether the United States is an empire<\/a>. The answer (yes!) seems clear to me, but there are good arguments on both sides. Be sure to check the reader comments at the bottom of the articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a very interesting series of articles on the BBC’s site asking whether the United States is an empire. The answer (yes!) seems clear to me, but there are good arguments on both sides. Be sure to check the reader comments at the bottom of the articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":410,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/06\/americans_flock_to_canadas_immigration_web_site\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":0},"title":"Americans Flock to Canada’s Immigration Web Site","date":"November 6, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Looks like I'm not the only one who's been thinking about breaking the hell out. But Canada is the wrong drection -- fools need to head towards (around) the equator. 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