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Review: ‘Where to Invade Next, ’ Michael Moore’s Latest Documentary - Note...
By STEPHEN HOLDEN DEC. 22, 2015, New York TimesImage from article: Moore in "Where to Invade Next"Michael Moore’s latest documentary, “Where to Invade Next,” is a sprawling,didactic polemic wittily...
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Fessenden - 100 Years of Radio
fessenden.caSee More PhotosReginald A. FessendenInventor of Radio BroadcastingReginald Fessenden became radio's first voice in Christmas 1906 when he broadcast from a makeshift studio in Brant Rock,...
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Taking Swipes at Publius: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
wsj.comOur politics has changed irreversibly since the founding, yet the Constitution has survived. Might that be because it rests on eternal truths?ByHARVEY MANSFIELDDec. 23, 2015 6:37 p.m. ETSanford...
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How the East Was Won
wsj.comRussia’s Asian hinterland is overshadowed by the country’s much smaller European component.ENLARGEKHABAROVSK, RUSSIA - JANUARY 24: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) People walks on the frozen Amur...
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Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development
By Pam Belluck December 23, 2015 9:43 pm New York TimesBaby laptops, baby cellphones, talking farms — these are the whirring,whizbang toys of the moment, many of them marketed as tools to...
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Native Hawaiian Graduates Wearing Nothing but Cultural Pride: Note for a...
nbcnews.comImage fromnbcnews.comUniversity of Hawaii student John Kekaʻa Kahiewalu Kalauli "Kalā" Kaawa III never expected to receive a standing ovation after receiving his diploma at the school's...
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How the Nazis co-opted Christmas
Joe Perry, theconversation.comIn 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd.According to undercover police observers, 4,000...
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Russia Analysis
MICHAEL KOFMAN, warontherocks.com; original article contains links.via EK on Facebookimage from[JB: A thought-provoking article. Its statement, however, that "[a]s improbable as it may be, absent a...
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Confession: A Catholic Jesuit Priest Forgives a Non-Tenured "Professor"
image from[Imaginary dialogue based on Catholic confessions I willingly endured during my Catholic adolescence in the 1960s; doubtless the format/questions/vocabulary have much changed since that...
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U.S. Foreign Arms Deals Increased Nearly $10 Billion in 2014
By NICHOLAS FANDOS DEC. 25, 2015, New York Timesimage fromWASHINGTON — Foreign arms sales by the United States jumped by almost$10 billion in 2014, about 35 percent, even as the global weapons...
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An adjunct professor confesses his sins ...
image from[Imaginary dialogue based on Catholic confessions I willingly endured during my Catholic adolescence in the 1960s; doubtless the format/questions/vocabulary have much changed since that...
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The best books about Russia in 2015
russia-direct.org; via AH on Facebook Dec 24, 2015Dimitri ElkinREVIEWSRussia Direct has collected a list of the Top 10 most influential books about Russia from 2015 – including books from former...
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Ben Franklin -- America's first "public diplomacy" diplomat on "Stupid,...
dialoginternational.com[On Franklin as America's first "public diplomacy" diplomat, see.]Immigrants to America have always been feared and hated. Germans represent the largest group of immigrants to...
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As Graduation Rates Rise, Experts Fear Diplomas Come Up Short
By MOTOKO RICH DEC. 26, 2015, New York Timesimage fromGREENVILLE, S.C. — A sign in a classroom here at Berea High School,northwest of downtown in the largest urban district in the state, sends...
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The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin: Russia’s Nightmare Dressed Like a...
By Stephen Kotkin, foreignaffairs.comImage from, under the headline: "Awesome Foreign Horror Movie Posters: A Nightmare on Elm Street (Russia)"[JB -- I wish there had been a footnote to the statement:...
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Posture Affects Standing, and Not Just the Physical Kind
Jane Brody on health and aging. New York TimesA distraught wife begged me to write about the importance of goodposture. “My husband sits for many hours a day slouched over his computer,”she said. “I’ve...
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The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin: Russia’s Nightmare Dressed Like a...
By Stephen Kotkin, foreignaffairs.com; see also.Image from, under the headline: "Awesome Foreign Horror Movie Posters: A Nightmare on Elm Street (Russia)"[JB -- I wish there had been a footnote to the...
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The changing geography of the USA: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
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Blast from the Past: Options for Ukraine (written a decade ago)
John Brown fpif.orgimage fromThe Ukraine should seriously consider the option of working with all parties involved in its current crisis–including the European Union, Russia, and the United States–in...
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As college sports revenues spike, coaches aren’t only ones cashing in
Washington PostUCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, left, with football Coach Jim Mora after the 2013 Sun Bowl, has overseen a growing administration and salary increases for administrative staff....
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