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Study Abroad’s Seven Deadly Sins
Peter Coclanis, University of North Carolina, New York Times[JB comment: Since when does a U.S. student abroad "represent an American university?" See the last para of the below below piece; perhaps...
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The Not So Super Delegates - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
Emma Roller, APRIL 12, 2016, New York Timesimage (not from article) fromThe paradox of a strong system of superdelegates in the 2016 primary seasonis that a significant section of the Democratic Party,...
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U.S. Worries About Race Relations Reach a New High - Note for a lecture, "E...
Jim Norman, gallup.comSTORY HIGHLIGHTS35% of Americans are worried a great deal about race relationsNumber has more than doubled in past two yearsRace relations still ranks low among issues causing...
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Facebook ruminations re the admirable Ukrainian people ...
New Leadership, Same Old UkraineUnpopular President Petro Poroshenko is consolidating power instead of pushing rapid changeBLOOMBERGVIEW.COM|BY LEONID...
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Thomas Jefferson -- Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
(4/13/2016)Thomas Jefferson was born on this day in 1743 at his father’s plantation on the outskirts of the Virginia settlement.He wrote the Declaration of Independence, before serving the new United...
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In defense of the GOP - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Postimage fromHaving recently discovered how the nomination process works in the Republican Party, Donald Trump is furious. “They wanted to keep people out,” he bellowed....
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A New Map for America - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
By PARAG KHANNA, APRIL 15, 2016, New York Timesimage from articleTHESE days, in the thick of the American presidential primaries, it’s easy tosee how the 50 states continue to drive the political...
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Impertinent question -- A longing for a "decent" elderly father "figure" :)?
Chris Cassidy, April 16, 2016, "New poll: Female voters flock to Bernie Sanders from Hillary Clinton," Boston Globeimage from articleBernie Sanders pulled within two points of Hillary Clinton in a...
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Lt. Governor Hampton Interview Transcript (contains remarks on the value of...
easternprogress.comimage fromPosted by Zeynab Day | Apr 9, 2016 | News | 3 The Editorial Staff of The Eastern Progress interviewed Lt. Governor Jeanne Hampton [see] on Monday, April 4, after she spoke...
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Southwest Airlines draws outrage over man removed for speaking Arabic - Note...
via JB on Facebook; Oliver Milman, theguardian.comImage from article, with caption: Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a senior at UC Berkeley, was removed from his flight and questioned by FBI after a fellow...
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On Nicholas V. Risanovsky -- from Российско-американские сюжеты
via IK on FacebookIvan Kurilla shared Российско-американские сюжеты's post.1 hr · "...Именно его убеждение в том, что американцы составили превратное представление о России за годы Холодной войны...
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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Obsession, Addiction, and the News [on Trump and the USA...
Posted by Tom Engelhard at 4:46pm, April 17, 2016, tomdispatch.comimage fromThis Article Is Not About Donald Trump (And If You Believe That, You’ll Believe Anything) By Tom EngelhardtThink of the 2016...
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$15 an hour? These retail CEOs make $9,000 an hour - Note for a lecture, "E...
Matt Krantz, USA TODAYimage fromRestaurant and retail workers are pushing for a national minimum wage of $15 an hour, but some CEOs in the industry have landed pay packages worth $9,000 an hour or...
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Book Review: 'Ebony & Ivy,' by Craig Steven Wilder
Harvard University's first school master, Nathaniel Eaton, owned a 'Moor' who served Harvard students as early as the 1630s. ALLEGRA DI BONAVENTURA, Wall street journal, Jan. 1, 2014 Most people are...
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"Пора поставить действенный заслон информационной войне"
via IK on FacebookBastrykin image from articleПредседатель Следственного комитета РФ, генерал юстиции Российской Федерации, доктор юридических наук, профессор Александр Бастрыкин специально для...
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Why tax reform is doomed - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
washingtonpost.comArmando La Rosa directs people to Liberty Tax Service on Friday in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)By Robert J. Samuelson April 17 at 8:04 PMAlmost everyone agrees that America’s...
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15 Characteristics of Russian Propaganda
Paul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.comimage fromStaunton, April 18 – Russian propaganda makes use of so many techniques to succeed that Moscow novelist and commentator Elizaveta Aleksandrova-Zorina...
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A Mexican Built-Wall in Oregon? - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Stephen Zunes on Facebook :)image fromThe Mexican government has announced they have agreed to Donald Trump's proposal that they pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Construction will begin in...
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Explaining Trump and Clinton to a Global Audience (and to Americans)
Peter Van Buren, We Meant Wellimage (not from article) from: As the presumptive U.S. presidential nominees emerge, at least for now — Donald Trump for the Republicans and Hillary Clinton for the...
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