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Welcome To The Birthplace Of Trumpism
John Febber, lobelog.com; see also, on "the end of the end of history."image from articleby John FefferHe was a rich businessman, an outspoken outsider with a love of conspiracy theories. And he was a...
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Survey: two in three Trump supporters want a president who breaks the rules -...
theguardian.com [Original article contains a video.]Image from article, with caption: Eighty-four percent of Republicans, including more than nine in 10 ‘strong’ Republicans, approve of the job Trump...
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Love and Power
John Brown25 mins · First we had, brutally and simply, "power." Then we got -- as a not-so-clear contrast to "hard power" -- "soft power." It was followed by "smart power." And now we have -- sharpen...
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The Polarizers - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
press.uchicago.eduThe PolarizersPOSTWAR ARCHITECTS OF OUR PARTISAN ERA1SAM ROSENFELD336 pages | 8 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2017Even in this most partisan and dysfunctional of eras, we can all agree on one...
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These are the top 20 emerging jobs in the U.S.
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool, USA TODAYImage from article, with caption: Many emerging jobs involve technologuWhile the job market undergoes massive technology-driven changes, the focus generally...
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"When you hear of a man masturbating into a potted plant ...
John Brown (facebook entry)1 hr · Quotes from this amusing piece from a respected "intellectual" publication:--"When you hear of a man masturbating into a potted plant, or behind his desk, or worse,...
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A Facebook entry on an American "Russia expert" who actually speaks Russian...
Facebook entry, with Mark Teeter's kind ok (more than slightly edited, citing Mr. Teeter's many achievements & yours truly's observations on Russia/USA)Teeter & family via FacebookHave been...
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A thought on the Putin/Trump political "base"
image fromThis Trump-Putin political base -- forget their nationalities/irrationalities -- is based on resentment. It's the anger of laudable, ordinary people (the hoi polloi?) who feel they've been...
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What to Do With Dead Malls
wsj.comImage from article Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio PHOTO: SEPH LAWLESSBrick-and-mortar stores are closing at unprecedented rates, creating vast real estate wastelands. But all that empty space...
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Hyphen-phobes beware!
Hyphens (from a letter to the editor of the Times Literary Supplement, December 15, 2017, p. 6)image fromSir - Gerald Mangan [Freelance, December 1] is right to feel disgruntled about the removal of...
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Your retirement nest egg will stretch the most in these states
Lorie Konish, CNBC usatoday.com(Photo: Getty Images)CONNECTTWEET 25LINKEDIN 1COMMENTEMAILMOREYou might want to rethink the state where you're living if financial comfort is your first priority in...
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Meet the CIA's former Chief of Disguise ...
themasterofdisguise.com[JB comment: What a title, of all bureaucratic titles! -- but I do like cod, a gastronomical delicacy in my view ...]image fromJonna MendezMendez image from entryJonna Hiestand...
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Should States be able to secede from America? We asked you answered - Note...
ozy.com. Via AA -- Many thanks!image from entryBy OZY EditorsTHE DAILY DOSENOV 02 2017Welcome to Third Rail With OZY, our electrifying TV show where we debate provocative hot topics each week. Last...
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The Cleverness of Joseph Stalin
Richard PipesNOVEMBER 20, 2014 ISSUEStalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928by Stephen KotkinPenguin, 949 pp., $40.00Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (former Central Party...
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Quality of life: 25 healthiest communities for retirement
Evan Comen and Cheyenne Buckingham, 24/7 Wall Street, USA TODAY(Photo: Michael Feist / Wikimedia Commons)CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREFinding a safe and healthy community for retirement can...
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Trump Gives Presidential Challenge Coin a Makeover, and It Shows - Note for...
By SANDRA E. GARCIA DEC. 23, 2017, New York Times [Original article contains twitter comments]Image from article, with caption: Clockwise from left, the coins for Vice President Mike Pence, Vice...
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The Distrust That Trump Relies Upon - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
By Steve Coll December 22, 2017, The New Yorkerimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:Since the nineteen-seventies, Gallup has been polling Americans annually about their confidence in their country’s...
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"The landscape of Central Europe's weakening pluralism"
Östliches Mitteleuropa image fromFrom Charles King, "Hitler usually wins: On the return of individual authoritarianism,"The Times Literary Supplement (December 17, 2017), pp. 26-27:"Bonapartism in all...
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My name is J----: a confession
[reality-inspired fiction; satire]image fromHello,My name is J--- I can remember being sexually harassed in my early adolescent years.A male child of privilege, I lived in a southern European city in...
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What Happens When the Richest U.S. Cities Turn to the World? - Note for a...
Emily Badger, New York Times [Original article contains additional photographs.]As the economy has changed, so have the relationships between places, tothe disadvantage of smaller cities and rural...
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