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Is the freedom of the gig economy worth it? - Note for a discussion, "E...
usatoday.comSteve Strauss, Special for USA TODAY7:02 a.m. ET May 7, 2017(Photo: Thinkstock) 1CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREQ: When I left my job to start my own small business, I thought I had...
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A Buffet of French History
nybooks.comRobert DarntonMAY 11, 2017 ISSUEHistoire mondiale de la France [Global History of France]edited by Patrick BoucheronParis: Éditions du Seuil, 797 pp., $29.00 (paper)Charles...
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"10 Percent Intellectual": The Mind of Condoleezza Rice
prwatch.orgSubmitted by John H. Brown on May 21, 2008 - 9:44am; newest magnum opus, Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom; see the tear-jerking review of the book in the Wall Street...
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The owner-renter divide: Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
MATTHEW DESMOND MAY 9, 2017, "How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality,"New York Timesimage (not from article) fromAn enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices — and...
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Эти бедные селенья ... These poor villages ...
russianclassics.ru (well OK, USA russkii movie fans -- maybe it reminds you of the ve...rrr (roll the Russian "r") train scene in Anna Karenina, da? :))Image from a recent Newsweek article on "medical...
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The left’s misguided obsession with ‘cultural appropriation’
washingtonpost.com[JB note: Am not quite sure what "the left" means in this article (it is presented as a kind of intellectual/cultural monolith), the very opposite of what the author says about...
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How Did Robert E. Lee Become an American Icon? - Note for a discussion, "E...
By James C. Cobb | HUMANITIES, July/August 2011 | Volume 32, Number 4; via GG on FacebookGeneral Robert E. Lee astride Traveller, after the Civil War.(c) CorbisAfter President Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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Workers to recruiters: Make me an offer
Paul Davidson, USA TODAYuncaptioned image from articleAmerica’s workers are on the move.Now that the low unemployment rate is giving workers more leverage than they’ve had in years, a large number are...
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The Meaning of Our Confederate ‘Monuments’: Note for a discussion, "E...
Gary Shapiro, THE STONE MAY 15, 2017, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: George Washington Curtis Lee, withstaff, reviewing the Confederate Reunion Parade in Richmond,Va., in 1907. The...
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No, you're not at Panera: McDonald's goes "artisanal" with fancy sandwiches -...
Zlati Meyer, usatoday.comimage from articleThe new sandwiches McDonald's introduced this month are a big leap from the Big Mac.The sandwiches -- Pico Guacamole, Sweet BBQ Bacon and Maple Bacon Dijon --...
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Tillerson: Trump’s Russia Policy Is Cooperation
larouchepub.comTrump/Lavrov in the White House image fromPRESS RELEASE, Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)Tillerson: Trump’s Russia Policy Is CooperationMay 14, 2017 (EIRNS)—NBC-News’ Chuck Todd...
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Americans’ geography skills remain poor - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Below excerpt from (May 14, 2017)image fromExcerpt:Americans’ geography skills remain poorAmericans’ inability to identify countries and places is not new. A Roper survey in 2006 found that, in the...
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A Nation Stuck in Adolescence - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
wsj.comThe parents of millennials are as much to blame as their offspring for avoiding adulthood and living in a bubble-wrapped world. Laura Vanderkam reviews “The Vanishing American Adult: Our...
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Trump is evangelicals’ ‘dream president.’ Here’s why. - Note for a...
By Michael Gerson Opinion writer May 15 at 7:38 PM, Washington PostPresident Trump and Jerry Falwell Jr. image from articleEven in an era of marriage diversity, it remains the most unlikely match:...
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A Photographer Captures the Sumptuous Loneliness of American Subcultures
hyperallergic.comIn his show at Garvey Simon Art Access, Timothy Hursley presents photographic investigations into Southern funeral homes, Mormon sects, and empty brothels.Melissa Stern4 days ago...
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Кукрыниксы и их вклад в победу над фашизмом
cont.ws/@vadimchik; see also.Псевдоним «Кукрыниксы» составлен из первых слогов фамилий Куприянова и Крылова, а также первых трёх букв имени и первой буквы фамилии Николая Соколова.Поворот к...
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The Uproar Over ‘Transracialism’ - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By ROGERS BRUBAKER MAY 18, 2017, New York Times [article contains additional links.]image fromThe world of academic philosophy is ordinarily a rather esoteric one. But RebeccaTuvel’s article “In...
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McDonald's is ditching artificial flavors, preservatives in vanilla ice cream...
USA Today [original article contains links)image from articleMcDonald's has nearly phased out all artificial flavors, preservatives and colors from its vanilla ice cream treats, the fast food company...
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Roger Ailes: The Man Who Mined a Divided America - Note for a discussion, "E...
Jim Rutenberg, May 18, 2017, New York Times [original article contains links]Ailes image from articleThe Fox News creator made a fortune creating a cultural safe space for Americans pining for the way...
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Russia’s Age-Old Question: Who Are We? [JB: or, What Keeps the Russian...
Michael Khodarkovsky, May 18, 2017, New York TimesEmperor Nicholas I in a sleigh, 1850. Artist unknownChicago — We have been through this before. Well, almost.In the 1960s, American and European cities...
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