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Do billionaires get Social Security?
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool, USA Todayimage from articleEven the richest Americans can qualify for Social Security retirement benefitsThe short answer is yes. Even though they don't need the extra...
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The Red Cross and the Holocaust
wsj.comAs early as 1933, the Red Cross received letters from Dachau, including one pleading: ‘I beg you again in the name of the prisoners—Help! Help!.’ Samuel Moyn reviews “Humanitarians at War” by...
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“Malorossiya”: yet another Russian imperial myth salvaged from the garbage...
Ihor Vynokurov, euromaidanpress.comA Russian poster epitomizes the concept of the "triune Russian people": Ukraine, Russia, Belarus. Photo: internet 2017/07/20 - 22:44 • HISTORYOn 18 July 2017, the...
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Trump wants to name Anthony Scaramucci communications chief
A comment on the article, "Trump wants Scaramucci to be White House communications chief, but top staff pushes back," NBC:Image fromJB note: Perhaps the author of "The Prince" (who as you know penned...
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I wish these bright young people all the best in the "real world." ...
John Brown [facebook comment]I wish these bright, prize-wining young scholars all the best in the "real world." (or, if you thought medieval philosophy was incomprehensible) ...Some of the titles:...
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Eastern promise: How Stalin rebuilt Moscow in his own image
CNNDeyan Sudjic is director of London's Design Museum. This is an edited excerpt from "Imagine Moscow: Architecture, Propaganda, Revolution," the book accompanying a new exhibition at the...
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The Irony of Trump's Election Victory
The irony is that Trump was elected not because of a majority of the popular vote, but thanks to the electoral college -- which the Founders had established in part to prevent demagogues from becoming...
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Samuel Huntington, a prophet for the Trump era - Note for a discussion, "E...
Carlos Lozada, July 18, Washington PostThe writings of the late Harvard political scientist anticipate America's political and intellectual battles -- and point to the country we may become.image from...
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When Charlie Chaplin met Einstein ...
Image from, regrettably with no source cited; informed of the quotation (in slightly different words, cited below, by Dr. ZM on linked-in:)Einstein visited Chaplin in Hollywood in 1931 ... he said to...
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In Reversal, Colleges Rein In Tuition
Wall Street JournalPrices of higher education are rising in line with inflation as enrollment stagnatesByJosh MitchellUpdated July 23, 2017 11:03 a.m. ET124 COMMENTSU.S. college tuition is growing at...
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The State of ‘Good Jobs’ in America - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Lauren Weber, Wall Street JournalMore than 30 million jobs that pay $35,000-plus are open to noncollege graduatesimage from articleAt a time when politicians and pundits decry the end of middle-class...
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From the "Letters to the Editor" Section of The Times Literary Supplement...
Pernicious corianderimage (not from entry) fromSir, - "Pernicious, not to say poisonous (Letters, July 7) is a harsh view of coriander; but in view of what Yahya ibn al-Awwan al-Ishbili considered its...
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Donald Trump Sketch Erotically Excites the Non-Fake Art World News ...
John Brown [via Facebook entry, slightly edited]22 mins · http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/donald-trump-sketch-auction…Of course, this striking sketch has all kinds of "erotic" implications, expressed...
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The Berkshire Museum Schedules a Fire Sale
Terry Teachout, Wall Street JournalImage from article, with caption: Norman Rockwell’s ‘Shuffleton’s Barbershop’ (1950), in the collection of the Berkshire MuseumShould masterpieces be sold to fund a...
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For Foreign Readers of this Blog Interested in the U.S. : The Health Care...
Paige Winfield Cunningham, "The Health 202: Republicans look to chop off just one of Obamacare's three legs,"Washington Post (July 27)THE PROGNOSIS Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune...
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The Idiot by Elif Batuman review
A young woman discovers the difference between life and literature in a warm, funny portrayal of university life in the 90sImage from article, with caption: An alternative world lived through books …...
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Putin says the U.S. Mission in Russia needs to cut 755 employees. What do all...
Washington PostBy Andrew Roth July 31 at 5:01 AM Play Video 2:20Why Russia is demanding the U.S. cut diplomatic staffThe Post's Andrew Roth explains a statement the Russian Foreign Ministry issued...
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Soft Power - A Musical
via Nick Cullcentertheatregroup.orgBy David Henry HwangMusic by Jeanine TesoriChoreography by Sam PinkletonDirected by Leigh SilvermanWorld PremiereHilariously provocative, what begins as a...
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Bypass Beijing’s Propaganda by Accessing Chinese Social Media
Irfan Ahmad, "Bypass Beijing’s Propaganda by Accessing Chinese Social Media,"thequint.comExcerpt:Almost 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu famously wrote in The Art of War, “Winning without fight is the best...
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Trump Supports Plan to Cut Legal Immigration by Half - Note for a discussion,...
By PETER BAKER AUG. 2, 2017, New York Times [Original article contains links.]image fromWASHINGTON — President Trump embraced a proposal on Wednesday to slashlegal immigration to the United States in...
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