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A cordial Facebook exchange on Russian History ..
John BrownYesterday at 1:17pm · Nicholas I once said: "Remember this: die on the steps of the throne, but don't give up power!"The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore, review: 'bursting with blood, sex...
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"[I]n America today, the only thing more terrifying than foreigners is…math"
Catherine Rampell, "Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight," Washington Post11:20 a.m.: This post has been updated to include additional...
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Astonishing Russian Faces
nybooks.comJenny UglowState Tretyakov Gallery, MoscowValentin Serov: Ivan Morozov, 1910The National Portrait Gallery is a curious museum, as we seem to go there more often to see people than to admire...
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Simon Sebag Montefiore on The Romanovs 1613-1918
On May 5 (see also), at the kind invitation of American University, I attended "The Romanovs 1613-1918: A Talk with Simon Sebag Montefiore" at the Russian Cultural Center, an event "Organized by the...
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The Divided American Dream: Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Jonathan O’Connell and Kathy Orton, Washington Post, under the heading "The Divided American Dream"Bryan Cloar and his wife, Debbie, built their dream home in 2005, a three-level, 6,000-square-foot...
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A Facebook comment re McDonald's
From a FB friend: "Saw this on the way past. Is the inverted flag a signal of distress in the USA?"John Brown Indeed, does not the flag as shown above indicate what happens to one's sensitive innards...
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Head of the Class - Note for a Discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
George Packer, The New Yorker; via LJB How Donald Trump is winning over the white working class.image from articleLast week, Donald Trump became the leader of the Republican Party. He thrashed his way...
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A depressingly accurate 29-word description of the dismal state of our politics
Chris Cillizza, washingtonpost.com; via MP on FacebookDonald Trump's name is shaved on the back of a supporter's head. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Marty Baron, my boss and the executive editor of The...
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Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy - Note for a discussion, "E...
By SABRINA TAVERNISE MAY 8, 2016, New York Times [original article containst links and a chart, poorly shown below]WASHINGTON — It is a bitter but basic fact in health research: BlackAmericans die at...
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U.S. Can’t Say Whether or Not $759 Million Spent on Education in Afghanistan...
Peter Van Buren, We Meant Well [original article contains links.]uncaptioned image from articleIf at where you work you spent $759 million on something, and then told your boss you have no idea if...
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Budweiser Is Renaming Itself “America” for the Next Six Months, Which Is...
By Ben Mathis-Lilley, SlateLife, liberty, Budweiser.Anheuser-Busch/PRNewsFotoBudweiser beer is renaming itself "America" for the next six months, the company has announced. "We thought nothing was more...
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New Poll Finds 86 Percent Of Americans Don't Want To Have A Country Anymore -...
theonion.com [satire]; via LH on FaceboookWASHINGTON, DC—A Gallup/Harris Interactive poll released Monday indicates that nearly nine out of 10 Americans are “tired of having a country.”Chicago...
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Texas Republicans Inch Closer to Secession: Note for a discussion, "E...
Josh Harkinson, motherjones.comGOP delegates to vote on the issue at this week's convention.Image from article, under the caption, Texas Nationalist Movement/FacebookIf the nationalists get their way,...
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Most Common Country of Origin of Immigrants in the United States - Note for a...
gioviz.comAccording to the Department of Homeland Security, 1,031,631 people became Legal Permanent Residents (green card holders) of the United States in 2012. Many of them (146,406) come from Mexico,...
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Entertainment Madeleine LeBeau, French actress who sang ‘La Marseillaise’ in...
Adam Bernstein, Washington PostMadeleine LeBeau in “Casablanca” (1942). (Alamy Stock Photo)By Adam Bernstein May 14 at 9:02 PM Madeleine LeBeau, a French actress who fled Nazi-occupied Europe for...
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Blast from the Past: The Mind of Condoleezza Rice
prwatch.orgSubmitted by John H. Brown on May 21, 2008 - 9:44am--see also "Obama chides Rutgers students for pressuring Condoleezza Rice to back out of commencement speech," CNN (May 16, 2016)"I tell my...
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Blast from the Past: The Mind of Condoleezza Rice
prwatch.orgSubmitted by John H. Brown on May 21, 2008 - 9:44am--see also"Obama chides Rutgers students for pressuring Condoleezza Rice to back out of commencement speech," CNN (May 16, 2016)"I tell my...
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