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Are you a ‘work martyr’? Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
washingtonpost.comA paddle boarder on the Pacific Ocean as the sun sets off of Waikiki Beach in Honolulu in 2013. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)By Robert J. Samuelson June 19 at 7:41 PMWe Americans...
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My no. 1 "Bucket List" aspiration ...
image fromWriting a "positive" history of dentistry, no better indication of the concrete progress of humankind on our small planet (despite the limited number of dentistry's beneficiaries and its...
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Highlights from the United State of Women Summit: Note for a discussion, "E...
Highlights from the United State of Women Summitmycentraljersey.comJamilah McMillan, Editorial Intern9:32 a.m. EDT June 21, 2016(Photo: Jamilah McMillan)I am still trying to grasp the fact that I...
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Not Just the 1%: The Upper Middle Class Is Larger and Richer Than Ever - Note...
blogs.wsj.com; original article contains a chart and linksResearch shows the number of upper middle class households has more than doubled since 1979ENLARGEThe upper middle class is now much larger and...
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Can Americans hold ourselves together as a people? - Note for a discussion,...
Danielle Allen, Washington Post July 8 at 4:49 PMDiamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of Philando Castile of St. Paul, cries outside the governor’s residence in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, July 7, 2016....
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Gangs of Russia
cornellpress.cornell.eduFrom the Streets to the Corridors of PowerSvetlana StephensonCornell University PressDescription Contents Reviews Detailed infoSince their spectacular rise in the 1990s,...
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Black Wind, White Snow The Rise of Russia's New Nationalism
yalebooks.comCharles CloverView InsideApril 26, 2016384 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/412 pp. b/w illus.ISBN: 9780300120707escriptionReviewsCharles Clover, award-winning journalist and former Moscow bureau chief...
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Struggle to Be Unifying Voice for Nation -...
By PATRICK HEALY, JULY 9, 2016, New York Timesimage fromNo moment in the 2016 presidential campaign has cried out more for a unifyingcandidate than the police shootings of two black men last week and...
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NATO versus the EU?
lobelog.comPhoto from article of the raising of the NATO flag courtesy of U.S. Army Europe via Flickr.by Graham E. FullerThe NATO summit is over. Most Americans unfailingly believe NATO generously...
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The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery - Note for a...
Thom Hartmann, rawstory.com; via BB on FacebookFrom article: Image from the American anti-slavery almanac, 1836The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says “State” instead of...
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Image of the day: French Artist Creates Mind Blowing Trompe-L’oeil Illusions
via JS and RW on FacebookPatrick Commecy, a talented street artist from France, makes these mind-bending hyper-realistic wall paintings. The before and after photos show the big difference these murals...
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Best Restaurants for Dining Alone: How to Have a Great Solo Meal -- Note for...
tabelog.usimage fromExcerpt:While many people prefer to visit a restaurant with a friend or partner there are times when someone may end up dining alone. There may be many reasons for this such as...
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I’m Banning Laptops From My Classroom
uncaptioned image from articleSTUART GREEN, wall street journalJuly 10, 2016 4:57 p.m. ETFor more than 20 years, I have taught college graduates, most in their mid-20s, the basics of criminal law and...
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Are We Unraveling? Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
Ross Douthat, JULY 9, 2016, New York Timesimage fromExcerpt:[O]ur present nervous breakdown is happening in (to borrow the title ofYuval Levin’s excellent new book) “a fractured republic”— a society...
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Change the official United States Motto from "In God We Trust" to "E Pluribus...
petitions.whitehouse.govimage fromCreated by C.L. on January 01, 2016E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. Out of the many unique people who all have different beliefs and different skin tones and come...
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We Are the Empire
lobelog.comimage from articleby William AstorePerhaps you’ve heard the expression: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s famed possum, Pogo, first uttered that cry. In light of...
View ArticleFull Transcript of Obama's Comments on Dallas Police Shootings - Note for a...
fortune.comA “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.”Dallas saw one of the worst mass police shootings in U.S. history on Thursday. Snipers killed five police officers and...
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Clinton Touts White Support
Kate Phillips May 8, 2008 10:08 am, New York Timesimage fromAs if the divisions between race and gender in the Democratic Party hadn’t beenfurther exposed through Tuesday night’s exit polls — and by a...
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‘Hubert Robert, 1733-1808’ Review: The King’s Painter Who Spanned Past and...
[JB note: In my younger academic days I had hoped to write A History of Ruins -- which turned out to be an inconclusive project. It was inspired by my having lived in Rome as a happy U.S. Foreign...
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Obama and Race Relations - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
wsj.comObama and Race RelationsA qualified defense of the president.ENLARGEObama returns to the White House Sunday after a trip to Europe. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGESBy JAMES TARANTOJuly 11, 2016 1:48 p.m....
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