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Confederate Memorial Day -- Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
wikipedia.orgFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNot to be confused with Memorial Day.Confederate Memorial DayStandard government headstone for unknown Confederate soldier, Beech Grove, TennesseeAlso...
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Gogol may be our salvation ... A Facebook entry (slightly edited)
From a facebook entry:image fromJohn Brown Mr. Ambassador -- Entre nous, have given up all efforts to "think" in the current USA political atmosphere -- instead, in an attempt to understand (perhaps...
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You Will Never Get Your Country Back - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Michael Starr Hopkins, huffingtonpost.comUncaptioned image from articlePlease read carefully, because I don’t want you to miss a single word.06/06/2017 09:07 pm ET | Updated 1 day agoTHE WHITE HOUSEI...
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Understanding the Epidemic
cdc.govDrug overdose deaths in the United States continue to increase in 2015Drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths continue to increase in the United States. The majority of drug overdose...
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Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By RICHARD V. REEVES JUNE 10, 2017, New York Times [original article contains links][JB comment: Interesting article, which however seems to miss a key point: The American "class system" is far less...
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Trump is not destiny. Here’s what is. - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
washingtonpost.comA girl pays for a candle in a church. According to a study by the Joint Economic Committee, Americans’ loyalty to organized religion has declined in the past few decades....
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The True History of the South Is Not Being Erased - Note for a discussion, "E...
Garrett Epps, theatlantic.comTaking down Confederate monuments helps confront the past, not obscure it.uncaptioned image from articleGrowing up in the 1950s in Richmond, Va., my friends and I would...
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A Conservative Counterrevolution - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
harvardmagazine.comThe anti-democratic origins of the Constitutionby LINCOLN CAPLANJANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017A contemporary rendering of the Springfield arsenal attack during Shays’s Rebellion—a shaping...
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Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans Say It’s ‘Everyone For Themselves’ In The...
By Grace Sparks, Ariel Edwards-Levy [original article contains links], huffingtonpost.comimage from entryExcerpt from entry Most Americans look around today and say the national mood is “everyone for...
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President Trump on what keeps the United States United
image fromFrom The Washington Post (June 15):Trump provided an update on the condition of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), who was shot Wednesday during the attack on Republican lawmakers at an...
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The Bell Tolls for ‘Whom’
June 15, 2017 10:23 a.m. ETSpencer Jakab, Wall Street JournalAs the word is increasingly neglected and scorned in popular culture, die-hard grammarians fight to save it; the ‘Whom Appreciation...
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The Children of ‘1984’: Dystopia Down the Decades
JENNIFER SCHUESSLER, New York Times, JUNE 15, 2017 [original article contains additional links and illustrations]Image from, with caption: A scene from "1984," at the Hudson TheaterThe stage adaptation...
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Why 'Grocerants' are the new trend, taking bite out of restaurants
Zlati Meyer, USA TODAYimage from articleWhether it's pizza from a wood-fired oven or a glass of wine while shoppers stroll the aisles, some grocers are turning portions of their stores into a nosher's...
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Everyone said Old Europe was dying. Sure doesn’t look like it now. - Note for...
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, poses for a photo. (Martin Bureau/Associated Press)By Anne Applebaum Columnist June 16 at 7:48 PM The contrast could not be more stark. Theresa May, the...
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Only Mass Deportation Can Save America - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Bret Stephens, JUNE 16, 2017, New York Times [original article contains links & comments][JB comment: This "jesting" article (as its author describes it) -- in using the absurd to underscore...
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The New Censorship on Campus - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
chronicle.com; via JM on FacebookBy Jeffrey Herbst and Geoffrey R. Stone JUNE 05, 2017Tony Overman, The Olympian via AP ImagesStudents leave Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., last week after a...
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Rural divide: Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...
Rural divideAmerica’s cultural divide runs deep. While rural and urban Americans share some economic challenges, they frequently diverge on questions of culture and values. On few issues are they more...
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Let’s Not Get Carried Away - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
David Brooks, New York Times (June 20)image (not from article) fromExcerpt:There’s just something worrisome every time we find ourselves replacingpolitics of democracy with the politics of scandal. In...
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The country is frighteningly polarized. This is why. - Note for a discussion,...
washingtonpost.comimage (not from article) fromBy Fareed Zakaria Opinion writer June 15 Wednesday’s shooting at a congressional baseball practice was a ghastly example of the political polarization...
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Where Did ‘We the People’ Go? - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Thomas L. Friedman JUNE 21, 2017, New York Times [original article contains links]uncaptioned image from articleA few days ago I was at a conference in Montreal, and a Canadian gentleman, tryingto...
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