Blows Against the Empire http://bae.cf.huffingtonpost.com Blows Against the Empire is Rod Amis' Blog at the Huffington Post Contagious Festival in November. en-us Copyright 2006 Rod Amis rod@g21.net rod@g21.net http://backend.userland.com/rss Balance of Power: China and Wal-Mart http://bae.cf.huffingtonpost.com/balance.html Rod Amis Wed 1 November 2006 ROD AMIS introduces the readers of his new Huffington Post blog to a detailed foreign policy analysis. Athens Speaks of Sparta http://bae.cf.huffingtonpost.com/athens.html Rod Amis Sat 4 November 2006 In his second entry to the BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE blog at the Huffington Post Contagious Festival ROD AMIS analyses the demise of American democracy and the implications of the Spartan path. Easy to Be Hard http://bae.cf.huffingtonpost.com/index.html Rod Amis Tues 7 November 2006 In his third entry to the BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE blog at the Huffington Post Contagious Festival ROD AMIS speaks personally about poverty and its torments.