Junket

September 8, 2007 by Alpha.

Alright, folks. I’m leaving the country.

I’m only leaving for two weeks, and Stuck’ll still be around. Maybe we can get Bravo to post a couple of times, as well.

I’m going to the UK on a sort of fact-finding mission. Mostly I want to find out as much as I can about single-malt whisky, but I’m going to try to learn some other things as well. Though other topics will undoubtedly arise, I’m going to  focus on “man on the street” style informal interviews on two topics, primarily: healthcare and foreign policy.

Of course when I say healthcare, I mean that I’ll be looking into how the English and the Scottish use their healthcare system, and how they feel about how it works. The foreign policy angle is going to be largely about Iraq on the surface, but what I really want to get at there is how Brits feel about this whole “International War on Terror” thing. Before you ask, I won’t be looking for any kind of representative sample.

Underneath all of this, I want to learn about how the wonks across the pond think government should work, and their assessments of how it is working, here and there.

I’m traveling sans laptop this time, so I’ll be mostly incommunicado. Perhaps, though, I’ll stop traipsing long enough to check the email at some point. I’ll see you in this space toward the end of the month!

Also, whisky!

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