Marriage in the USA - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
news.gallup.comDo you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?Trend in which gay marriage question...
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America: The Redeemer Nation - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
David Brooks NOV. 23, 2017, New York Times1865 Lincoln image from articleWe once had a unifying national story, celebrated each Thanksgiving. It was anExodus story. Americans are the people who escaped...
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A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm
Caitlin Dewey/Washington Post, chicagotribune.comFor only the second time in the last century, the number of farmers under 35 years old is increasing, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's...
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Was Thanksgiving just a fanciful depiction? 5 myths about American Indians -...
nj.com [Article contains additional links additional illustrations.]Kevin Gover, The Washington PostImage from article, with caption: Aaron Carapella of Warner, Okla., designed a map of the U.S. and...
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It’s the Kultur, Stupid
nybooks.comTimothy Garton Ash, New York Review of BooksDECEMBER 7, 2017 ISSUEAngst für Deutschland: Die Wahrheit über die AfD: wo sie herkommt, wer sie führt, wohin sie steuert [Angst for Germany: The...
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YEVGEN SAUTIN, The American InterestREVOLUTIONARY REVISIONISMUkraine’s Bolshevik ShadowA hundred years after the revolution, Ukraine’s leaders are reshaping its historical legacy to their own political...
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Trump Brings Foreign Policy Back to Earth
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 27, 2017 6:37 p.m. ET [JB note: A rare, not overly enthusiastic, "defense" of Trump's foreign "policy" by a serious academic]Image from article, with...
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The end of the "end of history"
image fromFrancis Fukuyama's eons-ago exuberant/hysterical/Hegelian proclamation about the "end of history" (actually, not a very original proclamation, historically speaking) -- a celebration of the...
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The Peril of Trump’s Populist Foreign Policy
By Robert B. Zoellick, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 28, 2017 6:37 p.m. ETimage from articleHis style of deal-making prizes uncertainty and brinkmanship, without a plan for what comes next.One of America’s...
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Review: The Long Route to Free Trade
By George Melloan, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 28, 2017 6:53 p.m. ETTracing the evolution of trade politics from mercantilism to the present, when Donald Trump has made trade controversial again. George...
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“whiteness” is an illusion ... -- Note for discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
From Juan Cole, "British Royal Family was already Multicultural, Descended from Muhammad,"Informed Commentimage fromExcerpt:“But "whiteness” is an illusion. Because the crowned heads of Europe...
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The Internet Is Dying. Repealing Net Neutrality Hastens That Death.
Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, STATE OF THE ART NOV. 29, 2017image from articleThe internet is dying.Sure, technically, the internet still works. Pull up Facebook on your phone andyou will still see...
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'Pretendians': Elizabeth Warren not alone in making questionable claim to...
Maria Polletta, The Arizona Republic, USA TODAY. Published 11:50 p.m. ET Nov. 30, 2017 | Updated 7:06 a.m. ET Dec. 1, 2017 [Original article contains videos.]image fromPHOENIX — After President Trump...
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It’s a Gay, Gay, Gay Government - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Frank Bruni, Dec. 1, 2017, New York Times[JB comment -- An all-American 21st century version of the 17th Plymouth Colony -- now in "gay" Palms Beach, Florida?]Plymouth Colony (not from article)...
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Memo to academics: "The Great Shame of Our Profession."
John BrownYesterday at 1:49pm · "Schools should experiment ... At a minimum, evening, weekend and online courses — bearing credits offered at modest prices that can lead to workforce-ready...
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A divided Administration - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
From Eliot A. Cohen, "The Worst Secretary of State in Living Memory: Rex Tillerson’s successor will inherit the monumental task of cleaning up the mess he’s made of the State Department, " The Atlantic...
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Correct place for the phone at the dinner table ...
from FacebookJohn Brown shared Chris Buckley's post.31 mins · Chris BuckleyNovember 29 at 5:00am · the correct place for the phone is below and slightly to the left of the bread plate
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Review: Social Media, Weaponized
L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journalimage from articleFalse narratives are now reaching unprecedented numbers of people, stoking resentment, feeding conflict and aiding the enemies of the West. L....
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Is Media Driving Americans Apart? - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By LEVI BOXELL, MATTHEW GENTZKOW and JESSE M. SHAPIRO DEC. 6, 2017,New York Times [Original article contains link and charts.]image from articleIs social media responsible for our democracy’s current...
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