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Narcissism Is Increasing. So You’re Not So Special: Note for a lecture, "E...
image fromArthur C. Brooks FEB. 13, 2016, New York TimesMY teenage son recently informed me that there is an Internet quiz to testoneself for narcissism. His friend had just taken it. “How did it turn...
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A Facebook entry on the most recent Republican presidential "debate" on CBS...
For the CBS-produced Republicanpresidential "debate,"see.John Brown It's [the atmosphere produced by the televised Republican debates] not even entertaining anymore ... and the way the mainstream media...
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Kickstarter: Campaigning for a Cause
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleFeb 13, 2016Kickstarter is a crowdfunding [JB- see] platform that connects social entrepreneurs and community investors on social media to help turn...
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Let’s Not Play ‘Gotcha’ With the Great Emancipator - Note for a lecture, "E...
ALLEN C. GUELZO, zocalopublicsquare.orgIf Lincoln Seems Like a Lukewarm Abolitionist, It’s Because He Was a Nuanced Radical “I am naturally anti slavery,” Abraham Lincoln said in 1864. “If slavery is...
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Death by gun: top 20 states with highest rates - Note for a lecture, "E...
cbsnews.comCBS NewsSponsored · This state may look peaceful, but it's got one of the highest gun death rates in the country.Death by gun: Top 20 states with highest ratesThirty one percent of Americans...
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The first, first lady to attend an Ivy League University for undergrad -...
via linked inBroadview Park District"The fun place to be."Michelle Obama! The first, first lady to attend an Ivy League University for undergrad, (and the second one to attend an Ivy League at all)...
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We Now Join the U.S. Class War Already in Progress - Note for a lecture, "E...
Joel Kotkin, thedailybeast.comimage fromNeither Trump nor Sanders started the nation’s current class war—the biggest fight over class since the New Deal—but both candidates, as different as they are,...
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19 Common American Habits That Are Extremely Rude In Other Countries
FromExcerpt:crossing your fingerswhistlingusing your left handhiding behind all these clothes
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Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing - Note for a...
By SABRINA TAVERNISE FEB. 12, 2016, New York Timesimage fromExperts have long known that rich people generally live longer than poorpeople. But a growing body of data shows a more disturbing pattern:...
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QuickFacts UNITED STATES - Note for a lecture, "E pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
census.govPEOPLEPopulationiPopulation estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)321,418,820iPopulation estimates, July 1, 2014, (V2014)318,857,056iPopulation estimates base, April 1, 2010,...
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U.S. Census Bureau Projections Show a Slower Growing, Older, More Diverse...
census.govFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 2012The U.S. population will be considerably older and more racially and ethnically diverse by 2060, according to projections released today by the...
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The revival of American isolationism
Gideon Rachman, ft.com; via LH on FacebookBoth the far right and the hard left are now promising a retreat from globalisation©James FergusonWhy is the Middle East in flames and Russia on the rampage?...
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How Storytelling Hooks Your Audience
Carmine Gallo, forbes.comimage fromThe story provides the bliss point; the moment your audience falls in love.Just as a well-crafted song tickles our brains, so do stories.If you want people to pay...
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Look Closely Before Leaping From a Steady but Unfulfilling Job - Note for a...
Wealth MattersBy PAUL SULLIVAN FEB. 12, 2016, New York TimesStroud image from articleWITH bonus checks now sitting in bank accounts and the malaise of wintersettling in over the holiday weekend, some...
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Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, Minimum Wage, Minimum Chance - Note for a lecture,...
tomdispatch.comimage fromTo say that we live on a 1% planet isn't just a turn of phrase. In fact, it would undoubtedly be more accurate to speak of a .1% or a .01% planet. In recent years, wealth and...
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How heterosexual US couples met their romantic partners - Note for a lecture,...
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View ArticleЛитературный канон в России и в Америке: Разговоры с Цветковым - Note for a...
svoboda.org; via IK on FacebookАлексей Цветков, Александр ГенисОпубликовано 15.02.2016 22:05Александр Генис: С тех пор, как после аннексии Крыма режим Путина вступил на путь конфронтации с миром, в...
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Note for a lecture,"E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"
image fromAmerica didn’t become the richest country in the world by practicingsocialism, or the strongest country by denigrating its governing institutions, orthe most talent-filled country by stoking...
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Michael Moore’s new film playfully skewers U.S. exceptionalism
Washington PostCousins Rayanna Connor, 5, left, and Damoni Cheeks, 2, both of Flint, Mich., hold up signs asking for presidential help and calling for the arrest of Gov. Rick Snyder at a water crisis...
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Facts & Figures: South Carolina Trump Supporters on the Civil War - Note for...
By The Editors February 16, 2016 12:17 pm, New York Timesimage fromExcerpt:Thirty-eight percent of Donald Trump supporters in South Carolina wish the South had won the Civil War, according to a new...
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