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Declaration of Disruption - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Peter Wehner, New York Times, July 4image from articleExcerpt:Particularly in this social media era, a president who thrives on disruption and chaos is impossible to escape.Every shocking statement and...
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Thomas Jefferson’s Bible Teaching - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By ANNETTE GORDON-REED and PETER S. ONUF, New York Times (July 4)[original article contains links]image from articleIt was an article of Thomas Jefferson’s faith that no government should interfere...
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Lincoln’s Road to Emancipation - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Wall Street Journal‘If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong,’ Lincoln wrote in 1864. Yet for most of his life he did not publicly support black citizenship. Michael Burlingame reviews ‘Lincoln and...
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Morning-after: July 4th cookouts and firecrackers. What are we celebrating...
See also, esp. on the imperfections of the Constitution.image froma) Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence, "All men are created equal," also states "[T]he inhabitants of our frontiers, the...
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Some Trump supporters thought NPR tweeted ‘propaganda.’ It was the...
By Amy B Wang July 5 at 11:56 AM, Washington Post[JB note: The author of this article seems unknowing of the statement by scholar (and former Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors) Walter...
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The Largest Ancestry Groups In The United States - Note for a discussion, "E...
Liz O'Connor, Gus Lubin and Dina Spector, Aug. 13, 2013, 1:53 PM businessinsider.comJB Question: Why are Americans of Jewish descent not mentioned in this article?image (not from article) fromIt's not...
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Too Much Pluribus Threatens the U.S. Unum: Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Letters to the Editor, Wall Street JournalThe only thing that we as Americans have in common is that we like to be left alone to do what we want to do in our own backyards. The problem is that we are...
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List of 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
totallyhistory.comList of 27 Amendments to the U.S. ConstitutionUnited States ConstitutionThe U.S. ConstitutionPreambleArticles of the ConstitutionI ‣ II ‣ III ‣ IV ‣ V ‣ VI ‣ VIIAmendments to the...
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Separation of church and state in the United States
wikipedia.orgFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"Separation of church and state" is paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others expressing an understanding of the intent and function of the...
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America's Cult of Ignorance - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Tom Nichols, thedailybeast.com [JB comment: A silly article (aiming not to sound "elitist," but narrow-minded nevertheless), indirectly related to the theme I follow, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
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The state of hate in America - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAYuncaptioned image from articleAnalysis: In an America deeply divided, hate incidents appear to be increasing and growing more brutal.It feels like nearly every week, America...
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The G-20: Another Vacuous Meet-and-Greet - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street JournalImage from article, with caption:At the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8Excerpt:Foreigners see a beleaguered American president, a press in full Watergate...
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Americans are burning down the house - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
washingtonpost.comSharon Maxwell holds up copies of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)By Catherine Rampell Opinion writer July 10 at 7:52 PM...
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Branstad: Don't let Texas secede from U.S. - Note for a discussion, "E...
William Petroski, USA Today (June 27, 2016); see also.Image (not from article) fromTexas shouldn't be allowed to secede from the United States, despite renewed debate over the issue following Britain's...
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Racial Division, Made Possible by Viewers Like You - Note for a discussion,...
Howard Husock, Wall Street Journalimage from articleThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting is pushing identity politics—except at pledge time.Excerpt:It’s no secret that NPR [see] and PBS [see] lean...
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What Does Trump Mean by ‘the West’? Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
William A. Galston, Wall Street Journalimage (not from article) fromIn Warsaw, he talked of culture, history and faith. But he barely mentioned democracy.Excerpt:In his speech last week Donald Trump...
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Florida beachgoers form human chain to save family - Note for a discussion,...
Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY Network [video and additional photographs on original article]Image from article, with caption: Beachgoers band together to save a family from drowning at Panama City Beach in...
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Commentary: Cultural Appropriation Is, In Fact, Indefensible - Note for a...
npr.orgEnlarge this image[JB comment: A Tempest in a teapot?; wish I had the talent to be "speculative"; or is that a form of "cultural cultural appropriation? :)]Elvis Presley, in the studio in 1956 —...
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Russia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldview
origins.osu.eduRussia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldviewby STEPHEN M. NORRISA 2016 street mural in Lithuania depicting the "fraternal kiss" of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump....
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Is the upper middle class really hoarding the American Dream? - Note for a...
Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post; see also my comment on Reeves's notions, which smack of reverse British upper-class snobbery.image (not from article) fromTo hear Richard Reeves tell it, the upper...
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