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Citizenship-based Taxation: Repression, Resistance, and Democratization 26 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
“Hence, taxation appears to be one arena in which the stakes are tangible, salient, and large enough that individuals know what their self-interest is and often express attitudes consistent with these...
Tales from the Homeland: Mt. Angel 26 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
“On July 16, 1882, His Holiness Pope Leo XII had granted permission to ‘found a house of the regulars of the Order of St. Benedict of the Monastery of Engelberg in Switzerland, at the mission named St...
Tales from the Homeland: The Oregon Farm 24 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
The Flophouse is enjoying its temporary digs here in Marion County, Oregon. This area was originally settled in the 19th century by migrants from New England. Then came the Swiss-Germans and the Men...
Accidental Americans versus Accidental Canadians 22 Aug 2013 | 01:07 am
We are packing up and heading for Oregon this evening but I wanted to draw your attention to a brilliant article written by Lynne Swanson that was just published in The Hill Congress blog. It's calle...
Ted Cruz: Birthright Citizenship is Not Voluntary 21 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
There are many misconceptions about how citizenship works but one of the most pernicious is that citizenship is always voluntary. The most parsimonious definition of the term is "membership in a pol....
Recent Articles about FATCA and Renunciations of U.S. Citizenship 19 Aug 2013 | 03:51 am
Following the news that a record number of American citizens recently renounced their U.S. citizenship (over 1000 in one three month period) some reporters are smelling a story behind those figures an...
Tales from the Homeland: Seattle Tattoos 17 Aug 2013 | 08:14 am
It's been a very busy week here at the Seattle digs of the Franco-American Flophouse. Before leaving France I resolved to "get inked" on our vacation. No sooner had we landed than I went looking for...
Your Ideas for a Flophouse American Diaspora Reading List 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Since I posted A Few Good Books about the American Diaspora on Tuesday, the "few" have become the "many." Feeling a bit foolish here - I had no idea. What to do with such bounty? Well, I'd say we...
Finally A Few Good Books about the American Diaspora 13 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
There is precious little research into the 6 million U.S. citizens and their progeny living outside of the United States of America. Americans abroad are not part of the US census so they are not cou...
Where Do You Come From? 12 Aug 2013 | 10:23 pm
I found this wonderful Ted video through Ken's site, ExpatAmericans.net. I used to hate the question, "Where are you from?" because there was no short simple answer. Like Pico Iyer no one answer w.....
