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Good news for the middle class
(Danny Johnston/Associated Press)By Robert J. Samuelson Washington Post May 29 at 7:38 PMMaybe the middle class isn’t quite so stressed anymore.We in the media are rightly criticized for a pessimistic...
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American flag sales bask in new glory - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
via ACP III on FacebookRick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel7:21 p.m. EDT May 29, 2016; USA Today(Photo: Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)MILWAUKEE — In the flag business, summertime is like...
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Top C.E.O. Pay Fell — Yes, Fell — in 2015 -- Note for a dicussion, "E...
By DAVID GELLES MAY 27, 2016, New York Times"And Mr. Khosrowshahi of Expedia, the luckyhigh earner of 2015 according to Equilar, had compensation of $94.6 million.(Mr. Khosrowshahi is a director of The...
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Is This the West’s Weimar Moment?
Jochen Bittner MAY 31, 2016, New York Timesimage fromHamburg, Germany — WE Germans can never escape the trauma of our recenthistory. That has rarely been clearer than today, as we look around...
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For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living...
pewsocialtrends.org; see also.Share living with spouse or partner continues to fallBY RICHARD FRY Broad demographic shifts in marital status, educational attainment and employment have transformed the...
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American exceptionalism seems to be fading - Note for a discussion, "E...
D-- author: Leon Hadar (on facebook); posted here with his kind ok.Image (not from article) from, with caption: America Guided by Wisdom. Benjamin Tanner after John James Barralet, Philadelphia,...
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Irish FM: BDS is a 'legitimate political viewpoint'
Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Postimage (not from article) fromIn advance of his June visit to Israel, Irish Foreign Minister Charles Flanagan has confirmed the legitimacy of the Boycott, Divestment and...
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Can you guess which American city is the most like the country as a whole? --...
Thomas Dunn, upworthy.com (JB -- a report, one of many on the state of the union of the United States of America, land that I love. On FiveThirtyEight, see; and upworthy.com, see.)If you tried to...
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New Data: Immigration Surged in 2014 and 2015 - Note for a discussion, "E...
cis.orgMore than three million legal and illegal immigrants settled in the United States in the last two yearsBy Steven A. Camarota June 2016FacebookTwitterGoogle+EmailPrintFriendlyDownload a PDF of...
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America is under relentless attack — from within -- Note for a discussion, "E...
Kathleen Parker, Washington Postimage fromIt was such a marvelous idea: the United States of America.Obviously, we’ve never really pulled it all together under one hat, but it has always seemed that at...
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Trump has taught me to fear my fellow Americans - Note for a discussion, "E...
Richard Cohen, Washington Postimage fromExcerpt:History nags. It admonishes. “American exceptionalism” is a phrase that refers to the past, not necessarily the future. Nothing is guaranteed. I’d like...
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The Disunited States of America - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaimage fromThe Disunited States of AmericaAuthorHarry TurtledoveCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishSeriesCrosstime TrafficGenreAlternate historyPublisherTor...
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The Power Vertical: RIP DarthPutinKGB
rferl.org; via KAB on linkedin.comBy Brian WhitmoreMay 31, 2016Thanks Twitter. My mornings will never be the same.You allow despotic regimes to spread lies and propaganda. You allow trolls to disrupt...
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E Pluribus Unum -- Wikipedia entry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [footnote references can be found in original article]E Pluribus Unum included in the Great Seal of the United States, being one of the nation's mottos at the time...
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E Pluribus Unum March
jwpepper.com E Pluribus Unum MarchFred Jewell/arr. Glover - C L Barnhouse CompanyClick to review This patriotic gem has long been a concert favorite. Skillfully arranged for contemporary...
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Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump’s real strength and...
Camille Paglia, Salon; via LH on FacebookEnlargeHillary Clinton sits with her husband former President Bill Clinton as they attend a ceremony after walking in a Memorial Day parade(Credit: AP)It’s...
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Moscow-based movie critic/culture commentator Mark Teeter about "Apocalypse...
Mark H. Teeter [on facebook] shared Moscow TV Tonite's post.MOSCOW TV TONITE: The (Anti-)War Film That Keeps On GivingApocalypse Now/Апокалипсис сегодня (USA, 1979/2001)(Kultura, 22:10)--;Debates over...
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Columbia students claim Greek mythology needs a trigger warning
Michael E. Miller May 14, 2015, Washington Post; via MG on FacebookThe Rape of Proserpina, 1636-1638. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640) (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty...
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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
Clara Moskowitz, scientificamerican.comuncaptioned image from articleHigh-profile physicists and philosophers gathered to debate whether we are real or virtual—and what it means either way NEW YORK—If...
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A Case Against America: Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
From the below article:"Chomsky does no more than touch on the issue of migration—one of today’s most complex problems. ... Perhaps his most interesting contribution in an otherwise superficial...
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