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All Roads Lead to Rome, Where Potholes Will Destroy Your Tires
EUROPE | ROME JOURNALTHE NEW YORK TIMES By JASON HOROWITZ MARCH 25, 2018; via LJBCristiano Davoli, left, filling potholes on Via della Pisana in Rome this month. “It’s a disaster,” Mr. Davoli said of...
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U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Reinstatement of Citizenship Question...
commerce.gov; see also.Data2020 CensusPosted at 9:29 PMFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, March 26, 2018Office of Public Affairs(202) 482-4883publicaffairs@doc.govToday, the U.S. Department of Commerce...
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At $75,560, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at...
Associated Press, Los Angeles Times; original contains an additional illustrationInmates walk in file at San Quentin State Prison. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)The cost of imprisoning each of...
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Full-sanity America; or, welcome to the madhouse?
image fromJohn BrownJust now · http://www.sun-sentinel.com/…/fl-reg-nikolas-cruz-prison-lo…About this articleCrazed girls flood Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz with fan mailNikolas Cruz, the...
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States with the highest and lowest sales taxes
Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall Street, USA TODAYimage from articleOn or before April 17, millions of Americans will file their income, property, and other taxes. Not included in the filings are sales...
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The Americans Our Government Won’t Count - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Alex Wagner, The New York Times, March 30, 2018image from articleRacially speaking, the United States is zero percent Hispanic. This is confusing — especially for America’s nearly 58 million...
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Slide Show: 20 Small Towns With Big Millionaire Populations - Note for a...
Dan Burrows, kiplinger.comGetty ImagesA million bucks might not go as far as it once did, but it still gains you entry into an elite club. Only 5.8% of the country, or about 7.2 million households,...
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Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, March 29, The New York TimesReview of FATAL DISCORDErasmus, Luther and the Fight for the Western MindBy Michael MassingIllustrated. 976 pp. Harper. $45.Image from article,...
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Jesus Died Only to Rise Again. Where Did the Concept of the Resurrection Come...
Jon Meacham, The New York Times, March 30, 2018Image from article, with caption: A pilgrim to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre runs his hands over crosses etched in the walls.To Homer, as to the rest...
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History isn't a 'useless' major. It teaches critical thinking, something...
By James Grossman, Los Angeles Times; hear also, "Don't know much about history" ...MAY 30, 2016 | 5:00 AMImage from article, with caption: The metal plaque on the front door of the Shrine at the Alamo...
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Tax affordability: Guide to tax restrictions and tax breaks in all 50 states
McKenzie Ycmat, usatoday.comTax affordability: Guide to tax restrictions and tax breaks in all 50 statesMcKenzie Ycmat, Credit.comPublished 10:00 a.m. ET April 5, 2018Tennis Channel recaps Thursday's...
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America’s Parties, Divided Every Which Way - Note for a discussion, "E...
Wall Street JournalThe ideological split is mirrored in race, sex, age, education, location and religion.ByWilliam A. GalstonApril 10, 2018 6:24 p.m. ETMillions of Americans yearn for a more civil and...
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Facebook and Memory ...
Mark H. Teeter added 4 new photos.7 hrs · ZUCKERBERG'S GREAT REFORMS MUST'VE STARTEDFb is now assiduously seeking to correct its version of my past (or maybe that's deciduously, since it involves...
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Standards on race and ethnicity which guide the U.S. Census Bureau - Note for...
census.govimage fromThe U.S. Census Bureau must adhere to the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards on race and ethnicity which guide the Census Bureau in classifying written responses...
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Is the true Donald Trump an (unintentional?) post-modernist?
A thought which just struck me the other day, but one that was actually explored by far more thoughtful persons than I, as I discovered after a quick internet search ...image from"Accordingly,...
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An artist and American disunity - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Peggy Noonan, "Republicans Need Artists, Not Economists,"Wall Street Journalimage (not from article) fromAn old order ended in 2016. To help the new one take shape requires an ability to see things...
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‘The Prodigal Tongue’ Review: More Trouble in the Colonies
Review by Henry Hitchins, Wall Street JournalThat Americans call bacon “ham” and ham “bacon” is enough to make the more chauvinistic sort of Brit turn the color of those foodstuffs. Henry Hitchings...
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How to understand America in terms of its popular/film culture? A Facebook...
[From a facebook entry]John Brown12 mins · How to understand America in terms of its popular/film culture?"Put the two men’s records, their reputations, even their respective books, side by side, and...
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"unplugging from the Matrix"
From a Facebook entry, with gratitude to ZuckJohn Brown9 mins · “We’re unplugging from the Matrix.”About this articleSome Said They’d Flee Trump’s America. These People Actually Did.Like modern-day von...
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Labels and Sharp Power: Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What keeps...
Joe B. Johnson, Public Diplomacy Council, March 10, 2018; JB: on "e pluribus unum," see below comment.image from articleLast week I spoke to a Great Decisions discussion group in Arlington, Virginia....
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