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Teeter on "Some Like it Hot" in Russia
Mark H. Teeter added 5 new photos. [on Facebook; JB highlights]5 hrs · MOSCOW TV TODAY: Classic There, Even Classic-er HereSome Like It Hot/В джазе только девушки (USA,1959)(Doverie,17:05)-->...
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What Keeps the Russian Federation Federated? - Economic Crisis May Force...
Economic Crisis May Force Moscow to Decentralize and Republics Must Be Ready to Seize the Opportunity, Khakimov Saysimage fromPaul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com Staunton, January 15 –...
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What Keeps the Russian Federation Federated? - Could a Russia of 15...
Paul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.comKudrin image from Staunton, January 15 – Russia is increasingly urbanizing with 40 percent of the population now living in the 15 largest...
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Russia, Trump & Flawed Intelligence
Masha Gessen, NYR Daily; see also (1) (2). Jonathan Ernst/ReutersUS Defense Under Secretary for Intelligence Marcel Lettre, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and National Security...
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Obama’s Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books - Note for a...
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, New York TimesObama image from articleExcerpt:Like Lincoln, Mr. Obama taught himself how to write, and for him, too, wordsbecame a way to define himself, and to communicate his...
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Eight Was Enough - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
The Obama years, which left us divided and angry, paved the way for the ascent of Donald J. Trump.Image, "Divided States of America -- TV Tropes,"fromPeter Wehner January 14, 2017, New York...
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If you have nothing else to read ...
image fromEnjoy this bad spy novel ... and a review of it.
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Obama, the orator - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
Our 44th president made his mark with soaring language. How will Donald Trump make his?image fromE.J. Dionne Jr., Joy-Ann Reid, Washington PostExcerpt:Obama appreciated the call in the Constitution’s...
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Trump’s attack on John Lewis is the essence of narcissism - Note for a...
Michael Gerson, Washington Postimage fromExcerpt:A broader conception of the American story — a respect for the heroes and ghosts of our history — is absent in Trump’s public voice. He seems to be in...
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Narrative Winnah!
John Brown (facebook entry)2 mins · The non-scientifically-selected Winner of "I most used the word 'narrative'" in an article (among those pertaining to the subject for the past three months thus far)...
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Is this what we’ve come to, America? - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Dana Milbank, Washington PostExcerpt:President Trump had yet another chance to affirm national unity in his inaugural address Friday, and yet again he went the other way, delivering a modified version...
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Trump’s inaugural speech was strikingly radical - Note for a discussion, "E...
Michael Waldman, Washington Postimage fromExcerpt:An inaugural address that is hopeful, unifying, thoughtful — that appeals to Americans’ “better angels” and offers our ideals to the world? Perhaps...
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Donald Trump is our president. Let us pray. - Note for a discussion, "E...
Kathleen Parker, Washington Postimage fromExcerpt:As I wrote this Friday at The Post building, police barricades were blocking hundreds of demonstrators who seemed itching for a fight. Elsewhere,...
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Trump has the power now, but his opponents have the passion - Note for a...
E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Postimage fromExcerpt:And for those who worried about whether Trump is devoted to democratic values, there was this disconcerting sentence: “We must speak our minds openly,...
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The internal invasion - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
seattletimes.comOriginally published January 20, 2017 at 10:29 am Updated January 20, 2017 at 12:46 pm Nancy Ohanian / Op-ArtIf Trump’s opponents behave as clownishly as he does, the whole government...
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A most dreadful inaugural address - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
George F. Will, Washington Postimage fromExcerpt:Oblivious to the moment and the setting, the always remarkable Trump proved that something dystopian can be strangely exhilarating: In what should have...
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I don't think President Putin will be invited to the next USA women's march...
"Я с трудом могу себе представить, что он [Trump] побежал в отель встречаться с нашими девушками с пониженной социальной ответственностью. Хотя, безусловно, и они у нас самые лучшие в мире, но...
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Obama’s final ride into a wet, foggy California night - Note for a...
Greg Jaffe, Washington PostObama and his grandfather image fromExcerpt:Unlike most presidents, Obama is staying in Washington so that his youngest daughter can finish high school. He is unique among...
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The President Who Buried Humility - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Donald Trump’s inauguration heralds a new age of arrogance and says something sad and scary.image fromFrank Bruni JAN. 21, 2017, New York TimesExcerpt:He does as he pleases, expectations be damned, and...
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Takeaways from Trump's first days: Change will come fast...ish - Note for a...
Paul Singer, USA TODAYInaugural weekend brought two enormous and potentially historic events that were essentially in direct opposition to each other. Here are a few top takeaways from the weekend:A...
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