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Russia Wanted Trump to Win. And It Wanted to Get Caught.
Julian Sanchez, Feb. 17, 2018, New York Times; original article contains links.[JB note: This thoughtful and speculative article led me to speculate: Perhaps Putin "supported" Trump (in reportedly...
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Camping with Honest George - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
T.H. Breen, New York Review of BooksImage from article, with caption: George Washington’s war tent, on display at the Museum of the American RevolutionThe American Revolution has returned to...
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When Government Drew the Color Line - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Jason DeParle, New York Review of BooksThe Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated Americaby Richard RothsteinLiveright, 345 pp., $27.95Image from article, with caption:...
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Making it by "Being There" -- A training film for the US foreign service?
A film that best prepares ambitious young people hoping to "make it" in the Foreign Service and becoming an ambassador ...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/ :)Being There (1979)Directed by Hal Ashby....
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Review: John Marshall, a Man ‘Without Precedent’ - Note for a discussion, "E...
Fergus M. Bordewich, Wall Street Journal A lifelong Federalist, the Supreme Court chief justice served besides presidents who saw him as an enemy of their values. Fergus M. Bordewich reviews ‘Without...
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Did George Washington Predict Donald Trump? - Note for a discussion, "E...
By Thomas R. Pickering and James Stoutenberg,New York Times, Feb. 18, 2018image from articleExcerptIn September 1796, George Washington, weary of partisan combat just eight years after the ratification...
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The Roots Of Illiberalism in Hungary and Central Europe - video of a conference
youtube.com (video)The Roots of Illiberalism in Hungary and Central EuropeInternational Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for DemocracyWednesday, February 14, 2018 from 3:00 PM to...
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Topsy-turvy American politics in our polarized time ... (pardon the...
image fromDuring the early Cold War/1960s/maybe 70s/80s, the American "left"was against The FBI"Going after" Russia a "balanced" budgetToday the American "right" (ok, at times reluctantly supporting...
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How Battle Lines Were Drawn - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 16, 2018 5:11 p.m. Uncaptioned image from articleIn general, the right has worried more about the demolition of America’s postwar cultural consensus than the...
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NY Times commentary on the state of the USA union (2/20/2018) - Note for a...
(Some articles contain links)Comment: No, not provided by Russian trolls :); see.Image from, with caption: Peter Finch as Howard Beale in the 1976 film "Network," written by Paddy Chayevsky. David...
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New U.S. Census Category to Include Israeli Option - Note for a discussion,...
Debra Nussbaum Cohen, haaretz.com; (June 18, 2015); see also.Image from article, with caption: People hold a rope with Israeli national flags attached to it during the 51st annual Israel parade in...
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The Destructive Dynamics of Political Tribalism - Note for a discussion, "E...
By Amy Chua, New York Times, Feb. 20, 2018Image from article, with caption: Supporters of President Trump's travel ban in Los Angeles this monthBy now we all understand that America is in the grip of...
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States with the most (and least) gun violence. See where your state stacks up...
Thomas C. Frohlich and John Harrington, 24/7 Wall Street, USA Todayimage from article(Photo: Colin Abbey, EPA-EFE)The latest mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school reignited the debate over gun...
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American Blindness, Abroad and at Home - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Jennifer Szala, New York Times, Feb. 21image from articleAmy Chua has Donald J. Trump’s number. Not literally (I’m guessing), but unlikesome of her elite peers at Yale University, where she teaches...
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The Trolling of the American Mind - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Ross Douthat, New York Times, Feb. 21, 2018Image from article, with caption: Trump supporters standing for the national anthem at a rally in Ohio in 2026Excerpt:[T]he people obsessing about how Russian...
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Norman Rockwell for our times ...
John Brown shared Pat Bagley - The Salt Lake Tribune's [Fb] post. (via RB - Many thanks!)Pat Bagley - The Salt Lake TribuneLike PageFebruary 20 at 11:42pm · Alt-Norman RockwellOn Rockwell, see (1) (2)
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The U.S. States People Are Fleeing (And The Ones They Are Moving To) - Note...
ForbesEach year families pack up their belongings and move to a new home, sometimes out of state. Tracking where they go—and where they’re leaving from—paints an interesting picture of U.S....
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Florida Responds To Shooting By Forcing Schools To Post ‘In God We Trust’ Signs
JB note: In the discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?: What Keeps the United States United," I note that "E Pluribus Unum" is the unofficial motto of the United States, while "In God we trust" is the USA's...
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Edith Wharton, "America at War" (1918): Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
the-tls.co.ukImage from entry with caption: Edith Wharton, 1018: Theodore Roosevelt's sons Quentin and Archibald, rightOn February 8, 1918, in a series called “France and Its Allies at War: The...
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Is America a ‘Nation of Immigrants’? Immigration Agency Says No - Note for a...
Miriam Jordan, New York Times, Feb. 22, 2018Image from article, with caption: A naturalization ceremony in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, this month. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services revised its...
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