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Lack of Russia experts has some in U.S. worried
By Karoun Demirjian December 30 at 4:33 PM, Washington Post; via MVH on FacebookPresident Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen,...
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The two nations of America - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
Image fromThe two nations of America; via LH on FacebookThe Trumpists are worried the Obamaists are about to destroy the America they had known, while the latter warn that the former are trying to...
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Lawsuit claims teaching assistants at Amherst were told to sleep with...
By Susan Svrluga December 29, Washington PostAmherst College (Adam Grim/Amherst College)Teaching assistants at Amherst College were encouraged to sleep with and socialize with students to boost...
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Note for a lecture, "Reinventing Oneself in America"
Roger Cohen, New York Times:image fromI had been reading D. H. Lawrence, who lived in New Mexico in the early 1920s. He wrote: “That’s why most people have come to America and still do come. To get...
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Goodbye to 2015, a year of absurdity and overreach
In 2015, Americans learned that eggs were no longer bad for them. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)By George F. Will Opinion writer December 30 at 7:54 PM Washington Post E.B. White reportedly said...
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The World According to Russia
via AH on Facebook; theatlantic.comA documentary on state television gives a glimpse of Vladimir Putin’s philosophy.Vladimir Putin at his end-of-the-year news conference in MoscowMaxim Smeyev / Reuters...
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When Crises Become Permanent – Russia vs. Ukraine
Paul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.comImage from Staunton, December 31 – Man is not a pig, Dostoyevsky observed; he can get used to anything. But the process of adapting to something new...
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Privilege, Pathology and Power: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
image fromPaul Krugman January 1, 2016, New York Times; see also: Eric Owens, Paul Krugman Sticks It To Poor People With $225,000 Salary To Study Income Inequality, Daily Caller Reihan Salam, "Paul...
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Unanswered Prayers -- Robert Reich's salary
image fromWith all my admiration for Robert Reich, I sent him/his staff an email inquiring what his salary was as a professor. I never got a answer.Any ways, I did find an answer (I hope accurate) from...
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The Decline of International Studies
foreignaffairs.comImage from article, with caption: University of Michigan students videoconference with the USAID director for Mexico, August 2014.Why Flying Blind Is DangerousCharles KingCHARLES KING...
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America’s self-destructive whites - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a campaign rally, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Charlie Neibergall/AP)By Fareed...
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Oregon Was Founded As a Racist Utopia - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Mark Novak, gizmodo.comWhen Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people from living, working, or owning property...
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Health Care in U.S.
- 1/5/2016A detailed study out today shows that about 20 percent of Americans under the age of 65 and with health insurance say they have problems paying their medical bills.The data reflects the...
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The God Profusion - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
wsj.comEurope’s churches are empty—but don’t take that as a sign of reason’s triumph. More than half of Icelanders believe in elves and trolls.By NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEYGod is not dead. Despite the...
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Even teaching about Beyoncé can’t save your job if you’re an adjunct professor
The perils of the academic job market Washington PostBy Kevin Allred January 5 at 1:46 PMKevin Allred is an adjunct lecturer on Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.Beyonce performs onstage...
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Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: "Maybe this country needs a bit of Fourth of...
todaysinspiration.blogspot.com (2011)During WWII Norman Rockwell, being too old to enlist, decided that the best way he could contribute was to do posters for the government. To that end he devised the...
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The Immigrant Roots of Nativist Donald Trump: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
Sarah Goodyear, citylab.com, Sept. 2015 [formatting slightly changed below] How the grandson of Friedrich Trump from Kallstadt, Germany, became the voice of U.S. anti-immigration policy.A silhouetted...
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How did German Americans become the largest ethnicity in America? Note for a...
quora.com6 AnswersDarrell Francis, Summer spent volunteering on a farm in Brandenberg. 20093k Views • Upvoted by Dan Holliday,More information: United States immigration statisticsBetween 1850 and...
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"North Korea Says It Has D...onated Its First Hydrogen Bomb to [... the Study...
image from below-cited article "North Korea Says It Has D...onated Its First Hydrogen Bomb to [... the Study of Public Diplomacy]."--Edited/Censored? NYT headline "North Korea Says It Has Detonated Its...
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American Anthropological Association Response to OMB Directive 15 1977: Note...
earner.org/workshopsimage fromBackgroundConsider These QuestionsThe largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology, the study of human existence, gave the following...
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