Could a last name change be necessary for the author to make an important point?
"Anne-Marie Slaughter envisions an America where caring is as important as competing" - Anne-Marie Slaughter, Washington Post
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Australia
Casey, the dirt boys and the grey material: A cross-dressing MI6 agent and a shadowy British anti-communist propaganda outfit were key players in the development of Australia’s cold war “soft...
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September 7 Public Diplomacy Review
“Hermaphroditism. Cloning. External fertilization. Self fertilization. Courtship and copulation. Fission. Fusion. Cannibalism. You name it, jellyfish [are] ‘doing it.’” Image from--Jellyfish expert...
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"common-sense test"
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough:We've seen the video proof of the outcome of those [Syrian government chemical weapons] attacks. All of that leads to a quite strong common-sense test...
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How the CIA Secretly Funded Abstract Expressionism During the Cold War
How the CIA Secretly Funded Abstract Expressionism During the Cold War - Josh Jones, openculture.com in Art, History, Life | April 29th, 2013 2 CommentsConsidering the possibility of a truly...
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What is a "consequential action"? Your guess is as good as mine ...
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough:[W]hat the president has in mind here—and what we're consulting Congress on-- is a limited, targeted consequential action. Let me tell you what this is not:...
View ArticleThe Reluctant Propagandist -- Barack Obama
The press has been all over the Obama administration for its "propaganda" for its lead-up to the planned senseless US strikes against the Syria.But in fact the Obama administration can't seem to follow...
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September 8 Public Diplomacy Review
"I put it before Congress because I could not honestly claim that the threat posed by Assad’s use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians and women and children posed an imminent, direct threat to...
View ArticleThe Pop! of the Wild
The Pop! of the WildBy AARON HIRSH, New York TimesIF you put your head underwater in the Sea of Cortez, you will hear a crackling sound. In my summer field course for undergraduates, there were two...
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Kerry and the State Department: Left hand, Right Hand
Luke Johnson and Ryan Grim, "Alan Grayson Backs John Kerry Proposal To Avoid Syria Strike," Huffington Post:A peaceful path out of the Syrian impasse began to emerge Monday, as support builds for U.S....
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September 9 Public Diplomacy Review
"You can watch a little bit of war from your nice living room - 30 seconds of what's going on in Syria - and when you've had enough, switch over to some celebrity programme. We live our life through...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Israel
Israel and BuzzFeed: When Government PR Goes Viral -- User-generated content isn't just for everyday people anymore. RYAN JACOBSSEP, theatlantic.com10 2013, 9:00 AM ETTwo weeks ago, Israel expanded its...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: China
Foreign Office journals speed up the "going out" 8 Languages 9 Chinese version to achieve localization - news.china.com.cn
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September 10-11 Public Diplomacy Review
"What's all this fuss I keep hearing about military action against cereal?"--From; image from"If Assad is eating Cheerios, we're going to take away his spoon and give him a fork. Will that degrade his...
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Wise words on the new propaganda
From Zinovy Zinik, "Ubiquitous complicity," The Times Literary Supplement (September 6, 2013), p. 18The word "propaganda" is commonly identified with an anonymous state machine -- ideologically...
View ArticleHow to earn $350,000 a year
How to Get a Job With a Philosophy DegreeBy SUSAN DOMINUS, New York TimesOn a Friday in late August, parents of freshmen starting at Wake Forest University, a small, prestigious liberal-arts school in...
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What Vladimir Vladimirovich does not realize about God ...
Regarding the Russian president's op-ed in the NYT: What good ol' Vlad does not realize: God is American. If he (Vlad) did, the Third Rome and the City Upon a Hill would get along just fine.***Re the...
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September 12-14 Public Diplomacy Review
"Is eradicating terrorism more difficult or less difficult than making a newsweekly profitable in 2013?"--Juli Weiner, "Obama White House on Hiring Spree," Vanity Fair, noting that "The White House has...
View ArticleHigher education: At what cost?
Higher education: At what cost?By Katharine Whittemore | Boston Globe, September 14Now that “Obama-care’’ has been roundly embraced, other Obama compounds seem certain to come. I’m betting on...
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