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Benjamin Franklin on a "plural Legislature" - Note for a discussion, "E...
en.wikiquote.org; via AJH on FacebookFranklin image fromA plural Legislature is as necessary to good Government as a single Executive. It is not enough that your Legislature should be numerous; it...
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Found on the web: Striking photos from/of Africa
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The Hourly Income You Need To Afford Rent Around The U.S. - Note for a...
Suzy Strutner, Huffington Post; original article contains more links.The average full-time minimum wage worker can’t afford rent in ANY state.image from entryFull-time workers who make minimum wage...
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The End of Car Ownership
wsj.comRide sharing and self-driving vehicles will redefine our relationship with cars. Auto makers and startups are already gearing up for the change.For auto giants, the new ownership models—whether...
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How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration - Note for a discussion, "E...
Peter Beinart, theatlantic.comimage from articleExcerpt:Trump['s] ... implicit message during the campaign was that if the government kept out Mexicans and Muslims, white, Christian Americans would not...
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How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration - Note for a discussion, "E...
Peter Beinart, theatlantic.comimage from articleExcerpt:Trump['s] ... implicit message during the campaign was that if the government kept out Mexicans and Muslims, white, Christian Americans would not...
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'Make America White Again': Tenn. congressional candidate's billboard ignites...
via a Facebook friend'Make America White Again': Tenn. congressional candidate's billboard ignites uproarPOLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVC) - The billboard of a Tennessee restaurant owner…
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Low Wit in Its Highest Form
wsj.comPuns are a kind of verbal preening, usually praised more “for their ingenuity than for their humor,” as a 16th-century observer put it. Daniel Akst reviews “Away With Words: An Irreverent Tour...
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A Campus Argument Goes Viral. Now the College Is Under Siege - Note for a...
Location of Evergreen College image fromBy ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, JUNE 16, 2017, New York Times [original article contains links and images of twitter remarks]; [JB note: Given the "racial" nature of the...
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A Noose at the Smithsonian Brings History Back to Life - Note for a...
By LONNIE G. BUNCH III, New York Times, JUNE 23, 2017image (not from article) fromThe person who recently left a noose at the National Museum of African AmericanHistory and Culture clearly intended to...
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Russia's ambassador ...
John Brown [from Facebook]18 hrs · http://www.newsweek.com/…/spy-diplomat-sergey-kislyak-russi…Is Russia's ambassador a spy or diplomat? Meet Sergey Kislyak, the most radioactive man in...
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Citing religious refusal of adoption rule, California bans state travel to...
texastribune.orgCalifornia state agencies, universities and commissions won't be allowed to send their employees to Texas after the California attorney general declared a Texas law discriminatory....
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A Facebook comment on NFL (the American professional football league)
via SR-B on facebook [edited entry]Colin Kaepernick says, " I have made my decision I will not be participating in this organization called the NFL anymore they don't value what I stand for so I...
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America Shouts While Europe Shrugs - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Wall Street JournalImage from article, with caption: The Champs-Élysées after a terror attack, June 19.The U.S. media capitalize on division. Meantime, Parisians hardly notice a terror attack.By Peggy...
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Can Trump Destroy Obama’s Legacy? - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Peter Barker, New York Timesimage fromExcerpt:If anything, America’s decision to replace Mr. Obama with someone as radically different as Mr. Trump may be taken as evidence of Mr. Obama’s inability to...
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Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie - Note for a discussion, "E...
IBRAM X. KENDI, JUNE 24, 2017, New York Times [original article contains links]Image from article, with caption: A memorial in Ferguson, Mo., where Michael Brown was killed by police in 2014.Why are...
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Russian-American cultural relations ...
Vrubel Dmitry [via Facebook]2 hrs · Berlin, Germany · Поэт Гальпер [JB - see] сообщает из Нью-Йорка:"Я сидел с Алешей Даеном [JB - see] в литературном баре после чтения. Уже хорошо поддали. Хороший...
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The Start of Something Big -- from Moscow-based Mark Teeter on FB
Mark H. Teeter added 5 new photos. [via Facebook]3 hrs · MOSCOW TV TONITE: The Start of Something BigЗапечатленное время. "ВЧК: Первые шаги"/Telling Time.“The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission...
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Old Mexico Lives On (In The USA) - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
freerepublic.comOld Mexico Lives On (In The USA)The Economist ^ | 2-1-2014 Posted on 2/1/2014, 4:34:36 PM by blamOld Mexico Lives OnFeb 1st 2014On February 2nd 1848, following a short and one-sided...
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America in Crisis: Is a Second Civil War in the Making? - Note for a...
historynewsnetwork.orgby Richard StrinerRichard Striner, a professor of history at Washington College, is the author of many books including Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery...
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