More notes for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"
‘The Men Who United the States: America’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible’ by Simon WinchesterBook Review By Robert G. Kaiser, Washington...
View Article‘Selfie’-reliance: The word of the year is the story of our individualism
‘Selfie’-reliance: The word of the year is the story of our individualismBy Dan Zak, Washington Post Published: November 19 There is a time in every man’s day when his Facebook feed spits out a photo...
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21st-Century Diplomacies: The State Department's Identity Crisis; includes...
21st-Century Diplomacies: The State Department's Identity Crisishttp://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13378/21st-century-diplomacies-the-state-departments-identity-crisisBy Heather Hurlburt, on...
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Kennedy's assassination
What I have never understood is why Jack Ruby -- a night club operator -- shot Oswald. Could Ruby -- who conceivably "recruited" Oswald for the Mafia to do a hit on Kennedy --figured jail time would be...
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Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: China/Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinean Diplomats in Chinahttp://english.cri.cn/6909/2013/11/21/3521s799700.htm 2013-11-21 09:40:54 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: FeiEmployees from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
View ArticleLet's infiltrate!
Social Media Conference Sparks Public Diplomacy DebatePosted on November 21, 2013 by hydeanderson Rate ThisBy: Heidi AndersonThree different speakers spoke collectively on the dicey borders of...
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Only Russia survives ...
В 1902 году знаменитый американский ясновидящий Эдгар Кейси впал в транс и увидел следующую картину. Города западного и восточного побережья США лежат в руинах; Япония ушла полностью под воду, а...
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November 21 Public Diplomacy Review
"выступая на антифашистском конгрессе в Париже (в 1935 году), Борис Леонидович Пастернак сказал: 'Писатели, не объединяйтесь'. [speaking at an anti-fascist congress in Paris (in 1935), Boris...
View ArticleWhy Americans hate their government
Why Americans hate their governmentBy Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post Published: November 21Washington is having one of its odd debates as to whether the Obama administration’s rollout of...
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November 22 Public Diplomacy Review
“I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty ... an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft."--President John...
View ArticleAdvice for aspiring U.S. Foreign officers from an admirable American diplomat
Ambassador Kelly talks about careers in diplomatic service - Division of International Studies, University of WisconsinNOVEMBER 21, 2013 ADMINFor Chicago native Ian Kelly, the term “home” isn’t...
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November 23 Public Diplomacy Review
"The historian Richard Hofstadter said that the U.S. is the only country in history that believes it was born perfect and strives for improvement."--Historian Robert Dallek; image fromUPCOMING...
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November 24-25 Public Diplomacy Review
"In paratactic prose, clauses are loosely connected, creating a lopping discourse of here's another thing and another thing and another thing. . . . Paratactic prose occurs more frequently in narrative...
View ArticleMore notes for a lecture, "E pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States...
November 25, 2013The Changing American FamilyBy NATALIE ANGIER, New York TimesAmerican households have never been more diverse, more surprising, more baffling. In this special issue of Science Times,...
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And now the good news: Americans know where Spain is (please pass to the...
The some 30 entries on this granted very unscientific survey -- "Americans Try To Place European Countries On A Map " -- identified Spain (unlike many of the other European countries concerned)...
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November 26-27 Public Diplomacy Review
"I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich."--Portuguese-born Brazilian performer Carmen Miranda...
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Kmart Store and Lenin Mausoleum
--From: Maxwell Strachan,"'Black Friday' Originally Meant Something Much, Much Darker,"The Huffington Post (2013) | --From: RIA Novosti, "Presidential Candidate Proposes Relocating Lenin" (2012); image...
View ArticleIs the French language disappearing?
Décrypter la communication européenne - lacomeuropeenne.fr: "Communiquer sur la valeur ajoutée de l’Union européenne: Publié le 25 novembre 2013 par Michael Malherbe [.] Aujourd’hui et demain, le...
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