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From Washington to Moscow, Louis Sell: A Book Review Essay
whirledview.typepad.comBy Patricia H KushlisLouis Sell’s From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR is at the top of my must read books published in 2016. Part memoir...
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Home Alone in Poland: An Unexpected National Tradition
via TL on Facebook; culture.plBartosz Staszczyszyn2013/12/20The 1990 American family comedy is an idiosynratic icon of Polish Christmas. On the classic list of a Pole’s holiday associations, it could...
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Luv 'em bellies... :)
Conversations with Bill KristolSponsored · Sign up to be notified about every new release, access podcasts, transcripts & more.Must-See ConversationsWatch Bill Kristol’s in-depth interviews with...
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Facebook is a growing and unstoppable digital graveyard
At some point, there will be more dead Facebook users than living ones – and for those left behind, it is transforming how we experience the death of those around us.BBC.COM| via GG on FacebookBy...
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At Least 27 Shot, 7 Fatally, in Chicago Over Christmas - Note for a...
Katie Rogers, Dec. 25, 2016, New York Times [original article contains links]Image from article, with caption: Chicago police officers waiting for detectives to arrive at the scene of a shooting in May...
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Chaos Strikes More Than a Dozen Malls, Disrupting Post-Christmas Shopping -...
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI DEC. 27, 2016, New York Timesimage fromChaos struck at least 15 malls across the country on Monday as fights broke out and false reports of gunfire spread rapidly on social media.The...
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Moscow-based writer Mark Teeter on: Can you spot the fake here?
Mark H. Teeter added 2 new photos. (facebook entry)34 mins · CAN YOU SPOT THE FAKE HERE?You're kidding, right? We have fake elections, a fake president, fake prime minister, fake parliament, fake...
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Pledge of Allegiance - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
From WikipediaPledge of AllegianceFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other uses, see Pledge of Allegiance (disambiguation).Pledge of Allegiance(Bellamy versions)(changes are bolded and...
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The Text of the Pledge of Allegiance - Note for a discussion, " Pluribus...
socialstudiesforkids.comSocial Studies for Kids Home • Fun Facts • Glossaries • Newsletter • FAQThe Text of the Pledge of AllegianceOn This Site• The Pledge of Allegiance: Is It Illegal?• The History...
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The first words of the Constitution of the United States - Note for a...
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the...
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.Opening the Door on New York's Private Clubs - Note for a discussion, "E...
acontinuouslean.com; via RM on FacebookBY ACL EDITORSPOSTED ON MARCH 9, 2015—FILED UNDER: AMERICANA, HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY“Hey, I wonder what’s behind that door?”It’s a question that most New Yorker’s...
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Our country is bitterly divided. How ’bout a little small talk? - Note for a...
Jonathan S. Weinstein, chair of the Howard County Council (D), and Jessie Keller talk with Sue Taylor at Discoveries in Ellicott City, Md. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)By Garrison Keillor...
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The Birth of Pax Americana
The Birth of Pax AmericanaContra conventional wisdom, occupations can change political cultures. But it may be that it can’t be done without deeply coercive measures. Nicholas M. Gallagher reviews “The...
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The Gospel of Positivity - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
The Gospel of PositivityFaith in self and faith in God became so intermixed in Norman Vincent Peale’s philosophy as to be almost the same thing. Barton Swaim reviews “Surge of Piety” by Christopher...
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The Age of Post-Truth Politics
Wiliam Davies, "The Age of Post-Truth Politics," New York Times [original article contains links]image fromFacts hold a sacred place in Western liberal democracies. Whenever democracyseems to be going...
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Moscow-based author/professor Mark Teeter on Kotkin's "Stalin"
Mark H. Teeter added 5 new photos.8 hrs · THOUGHTS UPON FINISHING STEPHEN KOTKIN’S “STALIN. Vol. 1 Paradoxes of Power,1878-1928” (2014) A Cliff’s Notes Review, 2 Yrs Late--> The jacket blurbs are...
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The spelling of neighbor - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
image fromQuestion from a non (SORRY, MEANT NUN) -American Facebook "friend":How can a country that spells "neighbor" non-phonetically be united?
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Message from a pro-Trump American citizen
image fromDear "Dr." John (give me a break and get me a real surgeon, not your flaky phony "Ph.D"),I don't know much about international relations, whatever that is.Unlike you, I won't say I know...
View ArticleThe Representation of American Visual Art in the USSR during the Cold War...
d-nb.infoThe Representation of American Visual Art in the USSRduring the Cold War (1950s to the late 1960s)byKirill Chunikhina Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree...
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What Keeps the Russian Federation United? Comments pertaining to this...
via Facebook [JB -- for Putin's New Year's speech see] Mark H. Teeter 4 photos [JB - photos regrettably not included; somehow I can't post them "po tekhnicheskim prichinam."]1 hr · IT TAKES A...
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