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Helicopter overflights over NW Washington (updated posting)
Image from (NB: not that I am sure the helicopters flying over my -- our -- neighborhood are military)This heli-hell-copter noise occurs about -- say -- four times a day according to my non-scientific...
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"A Fractured Nation": Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
image fromIn a speech that served as a thinly-veiled rebuke of Trump's campaign tactics, Rubio warned that the politics of division will leave America a "fractured nation."Obama denounces rise of...
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Franklin quotes - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...
By ETHAN WOLFF-MANN, thrillist.comimage fromBefore you say anything, tweet anything, or comment—yes, he really was President. No, not of the United States, but of the great state of Pennsylvania....
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Burger demographic --Note for lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the Unite...
Chart of the dayDonald Trump recently said he prefers his beef well done, a preference shared by many less educated and less affluent Americans. Wonkblog's Roberto Ferdman and Christopher Ingraham have...
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In Florida, Donald Trump finds some support among Hispanic Republicans - Note...
JB note: [According to the USG Census (in its almighty wisdom) "white" is a racial category, but "hispanic" is an ethnic category. So, not all "hispanics" are "whites," and not all "whites" are...
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Donald Trump FULL SPEECH Rally in Dayton, Ohio - March 12, 2016 (video)
In Florida, Donald Trump finds some support among Hispanic Republicans - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"JB note: [According to the USG Census (in its almighty...
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Winning Votes, but Not Hearts - Note for...
ELECTION 2016image fromBy MICHAEL BARBARO MARCH 15, 2016, New York TimesExcerpt:The victories were lopsided. The celebrations were effusive. The delegates werepiling up by the hundreds.But Donald J....
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The Irrelevant Diplomat
Do We Need Embassies Anymore?Image from article, with caption: State Department apartments complete with bullet-proof glass windows stand inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, December...
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Thomas Jefferson would not have liked this college trend
washingtonpost.comBy Valerie Strauss March 18 at 3:05 PM The moon is pictured rising over The Thomas Jefferson Memorial. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)Thomas Jefferson, the brilliant...
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By retiring a seal, Harvard wages war on the dead — but to what end? Note for...
Ted Gup, Washington Post. Ted Gup is an author and a journalism professor at Emerson College.Image from, with caption: Some Harvard Law School students are demanding the school’s official seal be...
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Don’t destroy the Smithsonian’s beloved Haupt Garden
James M. Goode, Washington Post; see also.Image from, under the heading: Enid A. Haupt Endows a Garden (from "A New View from the Castle")The Smithsonian Institution proposes to destroy one of...
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Here’s the Stunning Amount of Money Top Wall Street C.E.O.s Made in 2015 -...
vanityfair.comBy Daniel Rosenbaum/Redux.But to hedge funders, their paychecks are chump change.BY EMILY JANE FOXWall Street executives have served as a convenient punching bag this election season,...
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Which of the 11 American nations do you live in? Note for a lecture, "E...
By Reid Wilson November 8, 2013, Washington Post Red states and blue states? Flyover country and the coasts? How simplistic. Colin Woodard, a reporter at the Portland Press Herald and author of...
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With Uber, Less Reason to Own a Car - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Farhad Manjoo, New York TimesSTATE OF THE ART JUNE 11, 2014With a near recordsetting investment announced last week, the ride-sharingservice Uber is the hottest, most valuable technology startup on...
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Suicide: 20 states with highest rates - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
cbsnews.com; via RS on FacebookImage from, under the headline: Where is the Suicide Belt?[JB: top 5: 1. Alaska 2. Montana 3. New Mexico 4. Wyoming 5. Nevada, according to above-cited bsnews.com]
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Top Nine Awkward Moments American Politicians Have Experienced Abroad
SputnikAs shots of Cuba’s Leader Raul Castro not allowing Barack Obama to tap on his shoulder at the end of their joint news conference in Havana spread quickly around the world, providing an awkward...
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American politics has reached peak polarization - Note for a lecture, "E...
vox.comUpdated by Lee Drutman on March 24, 2016Protesters are removed from the Tampa Convention Center as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a town hall meeting...
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The Post-Trump Era: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
David Brooks, March 25, 2016, New York Timesimage fromThis is a wonderful moment to be a conservative. For decades now theRepublican Party has been groaning under the Reagan orthodoxy, which wasright...
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Sext and the Single Girl
Sext and the Single GirlBy Cindi Leive, March 23, 2016, New York TimesGIRLS AND SEXNavigating the Complicated New LandscapeBy Peggy Orenstein303 pp. Harper. $26.99.Orenstein image from articleThere’s a...
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Mark H. Teeter summarizes "Top 5 economic myths about America current in...
Teeter image via Google searchTOP 5 ECONOMIC MYTHS ABOUT AMERICA CURRENT IN RUSSIAПЯТЬ МИФОВ ОБ АМЕРИКЕ, ТИРАЖИРУЕМЫХ В РОССИИby Vladislav Inozemtsev (Director, Center for Post-Industrial Studies,...
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