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Chicago's murder rate soars 72% in 2016; shootings up more than 88% - Note...
Aamer Madhani, USA TODAYuncaptioned image fromCHICAGO — Murders in the nation's third-largest city are up about 72%, while shootings have surged more than 88% in the first three months of 2016 compared...
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The states people really want to move to — and those they don’t - Note for a...
Emily Badger and Darla Cameron December 28, 2015, Washington Post When the U.S. economy slowed during the recession, so did one of the major demographic shifts of the last several decades. For a...
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Why is the American government ignoring 23 million of its citizens? - Note...
Washington PostIn this 2011 photo, Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Chris Carroll opens a cell at a formerly closed housing unit at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, in Elk Grove, Calif. (Rich...
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Trump’s many racist supporters
Washington PostRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)By Dana Milbank Opinion writer April 1 In a Republican debate last month, Donald Trump was asked whether his...
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Washington Metro, 40 and Creaking, Stares at a Midlife Crisis
[JB comment -- Since when (even when it was created) has Washington's Metro been "well-lit" in (underground) stations, as stated in the above-cited NYT article's first paragraph (see below full text --...
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Why is it impossible not to love, more than most of the time, America? Note...
image fromVillanova's title keeps hope alive for underdogs; see video.
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Друзья и френды
John Brown Друзья и френды -- Ivan: perhaps an article on the distinction between the two, if any, might be of interest ...smile emoticon :)Like · Reply · 1 · 2 hrsIvan Kurilla В контексте Фейсбука...
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A thought on Russian-Ukrainian relations
image fromHas anyone ever considered that the "hybrid war" between Russia and Ukraine is in the moneyed, off-shore financial interests of the oligarchy (diplomatic word for "sleazeballs") of both...
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The next (and one previous) USA president in jovial moods ...
Wish I had her dentist ...***But I don't mean to be disrespectful to out next Commander in Chief and her choice for "vice" president ...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Cultural Diplomacy
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cultural DiplomacyBy John H. Brown"Ô douce Volupté, sans qui, dès notre enfance,Le vivre et le mourir nous deviendraient égaux."--La FontaineEnter Cultural...
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A long decline
via FB friendsFears of language decline seem to be a human universaldiscover.economist.comTHE English language, we all know, is in decline. The average schoolchild can hardly write, one author has...
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Overflowing toilet, a piece of Americana
vulgar but all-too-true image fromMy toilet was not flushing right. Overflowing. I won't go into the fecal/farcical details.I tried everything to fix the "issue" -- after all there are no "problems" in...
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The Road to Deglobalization
freedomhouse.orgvia LH on FacebookApril 6, 2016Tyler RoylanceStaff EditorHungary’s national flag raised in Budapest, commemorating the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution, followed by an official military...
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Going, gone: America’s fastest-shrinking cities - Note for a lecture, "E...
Thomas C. Frohlich, 24/7 Wall St., USA Todayimage from articleThe U.S. population grew by 0.79% last year, just slightly faster than the previous year’s growth rate but still among the slowest rates in...
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The U.S. presidential nominating process - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
Robert Reich (on facebook)Yesterday at 4:32pm · I was speaking yesterday with a group of European politicians, who expressed surprise at how “undemocratic” our presidential nominating process is. They...
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The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, Geography Matters - Note for a...
NEIL IRWIN and QUOCTRUNG BUI, New York TimesFor poor Americans, the place they call home can be a matter of life or death.The poor in some cities — big ones like New York and Los Angeles, and also...
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It’s Always About Slavery - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
By BARTON SWAIM, wsj.comApril 8, 2016 4:42 p.m. ETJefferson image from article Review of ‘MOST BLESSED OF THE PATRIARCHS’By Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. OnufLiveright, 370 pages, $27.95Jefferson’s...
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A new divide in American death - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Joel Achenbach, Dan Keating Washington Post [original article contains diagrams, charts, and links]An urban-rural mortality gap emerges among whites as risky behaviors work to defy modern trendsChanges...
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Zhirinovski statue in Moscow!
From Facebook friends5 hrs · В Москве установили трехметровую статую Жириновского http://moslenta.ru/…/v-moskve-otkryli-trehmetrovuyu-statuy…/ … придется это терпеть.Скульптуру председателя ЛДПР...
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The End of the American Empire - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
lobelog.com; via LJB by emailuncaptioned image from articleby Chas W. Freeman, Jr.I’m here to talk about the end of the American empire. But before I do I want to note that one of our most charming...
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