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Jobs and unity -- Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
image fromDonald Trump Jr. was strong and persuasive on Tuesday night. The next morning, at a Wall Street Journal event, he made a better case for his father than his father has. He talked about the...
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The Truth Is That We Need Immigrants - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
The Truth Is That We Need Immigrants, bushcenter.orgby Matthew Rooney July 21, 2016uncaptioned image from articleWe need immigrants so that we can continue to innovate and prosper. It may seem ironic,...
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20 drunkest cities in America
According to cbsnews.com/pictures, no. 1 city on this list is Appleton, Wisconsin.image from
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Cleopatra for President!
Image from, with caption: Ptolemaic Queen (Cleopatra VII?), 50-30 B.C., 71.12, Brooklyn MuseumOne of the striking aspects of American exceptionalism/parochialism (two sides of the same coin?) is how...
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As America's middle class disappears, the upper middle class is thriving -...
A new report by the Urban Institute depicts a growing upper middle class. Is this growth at the expense of the middle class?Image from article, with caption: A woman loads her groceries into her SUV...
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Cleopatra for President!
Wednesday, July 27, 2016Image from, with caption: Ptolemaic Queen (Cleopatra VII?), 50-30 B.C., 71.12, Brooklyn MuseumOne of the striking aspects of American exceptionalism/parochialism (two sides of...
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Reflexive pronouns and apostrophe catastrophe
image fromThere is no doubt, at least for myself, that this reflexive pronoun business has now outstripped apostrophe abuse as the supreme grammatical annoyance. Its such an irritant in it’s way —...
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Will Facebook Stocks be worth a dime?
JB comment on below articleOnce the word-centered, dying-off, geezers using Facebook -- before they enter eternity (see below article) -- will Facebook stocks be worth a dime?Ok, maybe Zuck can pull...
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The decline of the American empire and rise of Donald Trump - Note for a...
Bruce Livesey, nationalobserver.comimage from“The racial polarization is really growing here,” Paul Jay was remarking as we purred through the streets of Baltimore in his car one night, fruitlessly...
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Obama's American Idea - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
Roger Cohen, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: On May 26, 1996, Mariana Cook visited Barack and Michelle Obama in Hyde Park as part of a photography project on couples in America. Credit...
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Trump and American Reinvention
image from; below is not from above bookAmerica is often called the land of personal and professional reinvention. In the case of Trump, however, there's nothing to reinvent; or, to quote Gertrude...
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The Married Kuma Sutra
via MP on FacebookSimon Rich and Farley Katz, The New YorkerWhen the man is loading the dishwasher, and the woman must come over, because he is loading it wrong, it is called “the dishwasher...
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American Museum of Natural History's Cuba exhibit breaks diplomatic ground
Delthia Ricks, "American Museum of Natural History's Cuba exhibit breaks diplomatic ground,"newsday.comImage from article, with caption: Chris Raxworthy, curator at the American Museum of Natural...
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Fifty States of Anxiety - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, "Fifty States of Anxiety," New York Times, AUG. 6, 2016image from article [Above U.S. Average: red +10% or more; orange +5 to +10; pink: 0 to + 5'; below U.S. average: light...
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Counting the Votes: How Electors Pick the President - Note for a discussion,...
Meg Kinnard, "Counting the Votes: How Electors Pick the President," hosted.ap.orgimage fromvia JD on FacebookIt's an institution as old as the nation itself, but the Electoral College remains an enigma...
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Abandoned Olympic Venues From Around The World Or Why It’s The Biggest Waste...
boredpanda; via OM on Facebook#1 Ski Jump Tower, Cortina D'ampezzo, Italy, 1956 Winter Olympics VenueInteresting fact about these ski jumping towers is that the Swiss jumper, Andreas Dascher introduced...
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We don't drug-cheat, we only "cup" in the USA!
John Brown (from facebook; sightly edited)24 mins · No Cupping for the Russian Olympic team! It already cheats too much! We don't drug-cheat, we only "cup" in the USA! Look how great our all-American...
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Robert Conquest -- a gentle man
from FacebookThe man who helped kill the Soviet Union with informationRobert Conquest passed away on Monday.WASHINGTONPOST.COM|BY GEORGE F. WILLJohn Brown Unless I have gone completely senile, I recall...
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Редчайшие цветные фотографии Российской империи начала 20-го века
social.bigpicture.ru; via a FB FЦикл цветных фотографий, отснятых в далеком 1911 году. Откуда сто лет назад взялся цвет? Как это было сделано? Ведь еще совсем недавно, лет 50-60 назад, цветное фото...
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Радио Свобода разместило архив записей 1953-1995 годов в открытом доступе
Николай Подосокорский, philologist.livejournal.com; via KA on FacebookPrevious Share Next Радио Свобода разместило архив записей 1953-1995 годов в открытом доступеРадио Свобода открывает доступ к...
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