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The story of Borsch
Josie Delapis, 1843magazine.comA favourite of Auguste Escoffier and Allen Ginsberg, the Ukrainian broth can stir up strong feelingsThe maggot-riddled beef used to make borscht for the sailors on the...
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Modern Scholarship in the USA ...
image fromglq.dukejournals.org; via LH on Facebook; see also.Black AnalityJennifer C. NashAbstract“Black Anality” argues that “black” and “anal” are rendered ideologically, discursively, and...
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A Russian Holiday By Any Other Name -- by one of the most astute commentators...
Nov 4, 2016 — 09:00 — Update: 12:13; By Michele A. Berdy, Moscow Times; via MTuncaptioned image from articleЕдинство: unityAlmost 100 years ago on October 25 there was a coup d’etat in Russia that...
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Why the craziest presidential election in modern American history?
image fromTentative answer to this question: Could no distinguished (with, granted, the weakness of being pessimistic and realistic at the same time) American (see) in her/his right mind, female or...
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George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation: Note for a...
Book review: George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation by T. H. Breen (Simon & Schuster, 2016).Richard F. Welch, allthingsliberty.comGeorge Washington’s standing as the...
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Why the craziest presidential election in modern American history?
image fromOne of many tentative answers to this question: Could no distinguished (with, granted, the weakness of being pessimistic or too realistic) American (see) in her/his right mind, female or...
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Why the craziest presidential election in modern American history?
image fromOne of many tentative answers to this question: Could no distinguished (with, granted, the weakness of being pessimistic or too realistic) American (see) in her/his right mind, female or...
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State and the Arts: Culture Leaders Stand Up to Censorship
Nov 4, 2016 — 12:43 — Update: 14:49By Daria Litvinova, Moscow Times; via MTimage from articleIt was an open secret that Russian theater has been subject to ideological pressure. But no prominent...
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The Financial Genius of Internet Entreprenooooors"
image fromOf course, the aim of Internet Financial Geniuses/entrepreneurs is to make online content -- produced by "ordinary" people bitching with their "opinions" (hey, who really cares what they say,...
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How many dollars does it take to change a light bulb in the USA?: from an...
image fromInvoice [selected items]; company not cited:Problem reported:Hang customer light fixtures. ...Problems (s) FoundKitchen fixture flashing on and off needs to be replaced. [JB -- Granted, which...
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Research Notes for an article on narrative (3)
image fromNote: I am doing research on the use (misuse?) of the mot du jour "narrative," in the past most associated with literature but now frequently proposed by inside-the-beltway international...
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Consider a Monarchy, America - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
By NIKOLAI TOLSTOY NOV. 5, 2016, New York Times [original article contains links]image from articleSouthmoor, England — As a foreigner with dual British and Russian citizenship, it isnot for me to...
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At Last, a Black History Museum
At Last, a Black History MuseumEdward BallNOVEMBER 24, 2016 ISSUESmithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureThe Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and...
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Research Note for an article on narrative (4): Narrative paradigm
image fromNarrative paradigmFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Narrative Paradigm is a theory proposed by 20th-century philosopher Walter Fisher that all meaningful communication is a form of...
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"Gone With the Wind" in Russia (1990s/2014)
ELIZABETH CHRISTIE and CAREY GOLDBERG latimes.com (1990); note Putin mentioning GWTW in this 2014 interview ...; see also "Timelessly elegant at 100: Gone With The Wind's Olivia de Havilland celebrates...
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How Does The Electoral College Work, And Is It Fair? - Note for a discussion,...
Image from article, with caption: Electoral College members cast votes in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1940.Ron Elving, NPRHere's a little information that Americans have usually been able to ignore.It's...
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ANALYSIS: Where Americans Live Helps Shape Their Financial Security - Note...
pewtrusts.orgNeighborhood wealth or poverty can influence economic opportunity, a top concern for votersOctober 12, 2016 Financial Security and MobilityBy Sarah Sattelmeyer and Joanna...
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How the next president can heal a broken America - Note for a discussion, "E...
Image from article, with caption: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. (Paul J. Richards/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)By Michael...
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American jobs are going to robots, not China.
The vast majority of lost US jobs – 88 percent – were taken by robots and other homegrown factors that reduce factories' need for human labor, according to a study. image from articleBy Paul Wiseman,...
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What's a "white" American? Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
image from; [JB - but don't tell the Martians that :)]Given that the presidential election has caused a greater-than-usual interest in the so-called "white" population of the USA (see, for example,...
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