Woodrow Wilson’s name has come and gone before
washingtonpost.comHe's newly controversial at Princeton. But Eastern Europe has been naming and renaming things after him for a century.By Larry Wolff December 3 at 6:30 AMLarry Wolff is Silver...
View ArticleG. W. Bush and V. V. Putin (Separated at birth?) -- a not serious photo essay
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View ArticleThe kind of president we need: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Robert M. Gates, washingtonpost.comImage from article, with caption: President Franklin Roosevelt, getting drought information first-hand from families in Julesburg, Colo., in 1936. Excerpt:Finally,...
View ArticlePresidential candidates ignore the costs of unpaid internships
Washington Postimage fromBy Christina Greer and Alexis Grenell December 3 at 8:10 PMChristina Greer is an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. Alexis Grenell is a political...
View ArticleThe Rise and Decline of History Specializations over the Past 40 Years
historians.orgvia IK on FacebookRobert B. Townsend, December 2015Attend almost any reception at the AHA annual meeting, and you are likely to hear someone complain that their subject area is unusually...
View ArticleAmerica at Obama’s End - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
wsj.comHope and change was the promise. What happened?ENLARGEPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESSByDANIEL HENNINGERDec. 2, 2015 6:59 p.m. ET2007 COMMENTSWe are near the end of the seventh year of Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleThe Power of Babel
wsj.comPondering the marvels of Latvian, Cornish, Gagauz, Dalmatian and Welsh.ENLARGEA railway sign for the Welsh town (nicknamed Llanfair PG) that bears the longest place name in Europe. PHOTO:...
View ArticleOur (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves
Via MF on Facebook[JB comment -- But books are not a replica of real-life, face-to-face conversation; and CDS/records are not a replica of a live concert]nytimes.comDEC. 5, 2015Future TenseBy TEDDY...
View ArticleThe best- and worst-run states in America - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
usatoday.comThomas C. Frohlich, Michael B. Sauter, Evan Comen and Sam Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St.Douglas McIntyre looks at the best and worst run states in America according to this year’s 24/7 Wall Street...
View ArticleOnline Classes Appeal More to the Affluent
nytimes.comDEC. 4, 2015ObservatoryBy SINDYA N. BHANOOimage fromFree online educational courses may not be democratizing education as muchas proponents believe, a new study reports.John D. Hansen, a...
View ArticleMeal Plan Costs Tick Upward as Students Pay for More Than Food
nytimes.comimage fromBy STEPHANIE SAUL DEC. 5, 2015KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Before his 35-mile commute through Appalachian hillsto classes here at the University of Tennessee, Michael Miceli eats a...
View ArticleSalaries of Private College Presidents Continue to Rise, Chronicle Survey Finds
image fromnytimes.comBy STEPHANIE SAUL DEC. 6, 2015Despite pressure on institutions of higher learning to hold down costs, thecompensation of private college presidents continues to climb, up 5.6...
View ArticleScram! 5 CEOs paid $1.3B to get lost - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
usatoday.com Matt Krantz, USA TODAY7:05 a.m. EST December 7, 2015(Photo: EPA) 42CONNECTTWEET 11LINKEDINEMAILMORECEO Marissa Mayer gets an impressive $157.9 million even if Yahoo (YHOO) is sold off. So...
View ArticleYale Lecturer Resigns After Email on Halloween Costumes
nytimes.comBy ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS DEC. 7, 2015image fromA Yale lecturer who came under attack for challenging students to stand up fortheir right to decide what Halloween costumes to wear, even to the...
View ArticleNew Report: Jesuit Universities And Faculty Working Conditions
facultyforwardnetwork.orgThere are over 218,000 students and 20,000 faculty members who study and work at 28 Jesuit institutions across the United States, including some of our nation’s most...
View ArticleInequality is now killing middle America: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
Joseph Stiglitz, theguardian.comImage from article, with caption: An abandoned country house in Ohio, USA. The basic perquisites of a middle-class life are increasingly beyond the reach of a growing...
View ArticleProfessor of History Ekaterina Pravilova Lauded for Her New Book
princeton.eduPosted Dec 08, 2015Professor of History Ekaterina Pravilova is having a stellar year. Her new book, A Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia, has been...
View ArticleTHEREMIN’S BUG: HOW THE SOVIET UNION SPIED ON THE US EMBASSY FOR 7 YEARS
Adam Fabio, hackaday.com; via JFS on FacebookThe man leaned over his creation, carefully assembling the tiny pieces. This was the hardest part, placing a thin silver plated diaphragm over the internal...
View ArticleАмериканский взгляд: серия карикатур на Российскую Империю, опубликованных...
kulturologia.ruvia ia IK on FacebookАмериканские карикатуры на Российскую Империю.»Популярный американский журнал Puck («Шалун»), издававшийся с 1871 по 1918 год был известен в первую очередь своими...
View ArticleThe shrinking USA middle class - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
from FacebookRobert Reich4 hrs · Middle class Americans now comprise less than half, or 49.9%, of the nation's population. That’s down from 61% in 1971, according to a new Pew Research Center report....
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