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'Mission Accomplished’ and the Meme Presidency
Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic; article contains additional images.Donald Trump used an infamous phrase to describe U.S. military action in Syria, the latest in the president’s tradition of remixing...
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The Democrats’ Gentrification Problem - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times; original article contains links.Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.April 19, 2018Image from article,...
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The Two Competing Theologies of American Foreign Policy - Note for a...
mosaicmagazine.comDoran image fromIn a sweeping essay, Michael Doran [JB - on Doran, see Wikipedia] locates the fundamental tension within Americans’ approach to foreign affairs in the divide between...
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Me-Me-Me-first Anarchy in Public Parks
John Brown21 hrs · https://www.nytimes.com/…/electric-scooters-are-causing-hav…About this articleElectric Scooters Are Causing Havoc. This Man Is Shrugging It Off.Travis VanderZanden, chief executive...
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Trump assails White House Correspondents' Association amid Michelle Wolf...
Brian Stelter, cnn.comimage (not from article) from(CNN) The White House Correspondents' Association is the newest front in President Donald Trump's long-running war with the media.Twenty-four hours...
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Home buyers beware: Most expensive housing markets in some states average...
usatoday.comMichael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall StreetPublished 9:05 a.m. ET April 16, 2018 | Updated 8:52 a.m. ET May 6, 2018(Photo: Thinkstock, Getty Images/iStockphoto)CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN...
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Thinking about where to retire? Here are 30 great U.S. cities for older...
usatoday.comMichael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall StreetPublished 8:06 a.m. ET April 26, 2018 | Updated 8:51 a.m. ET May 6, 2018(Photo: cjohnson7, Wikimedia Commons)CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 16COMMENTEMAILMOREThe...
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The 15 People Who Keep Wikipedia’s Editors From Killing Each Other
Wall Street JournalOnline committee called ArbCom tries to keep the peace at internet encyclopedia; ‘I don’t understand why passions run so high here.’By Corinne RameyMay 7, 2018 11:53 a.m....
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["Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open Road"]: Death on foot:...
Eric D. Lawrence, Chris Woodyard, Zlati Meyer, Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press and USA TODAY, usatoday.comBetween 2009 and 2016, pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. increased 46%, and they represent,...
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Improve your vocabulary!
John BrownJust now · Improve your vocabulary!hap·ax le·go·me·nonˌhapaks ləˈɡäməˌnän/Submitnouna term of which only one instance of use is recorded.Word cited in The Times Literary Supplement (April 6),...
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Julian Tuwim - Request for your thoughts ...
Tuwin image fromHave just read an interesting article in the Times Literary Supplement (April 6, p. 15) about Julian Tuwim [see], an author about whom I knew nothing. The article -- favorably inclined...
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We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Their...
Nick Penzenstadler, Brad Heath, Jessica Guynn,usatoday.comNick Penzenstadler, Brad Heath, Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYPublished 7:47 p.m. ET May 11, 2018 | Updated 6:39 a.m. ET May 12, 2018The Russian ads,...
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Americans With No Religion Greatly Outnumber White Evangelicals - Note for a...
Ed Kilgore, nymag.com; original article contains linksImage from article, with caption: Those white evangelicals who wield so much political power in America are actually a rapidly shrinking percentage...
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Trump has put America in the worst of all possible worlds
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post; original article contains linksImage from article, with caption: President Trump displays his signed memorandum that reinstates sanctions on Iran. (Chip Somodevilla)In...
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‘Unlikely General’ Review: He Opened the Way West - Note for a discussion, "E...
By Kathleen DuVal, Wall Street Journal; see also.May 15, 2018 6:30 p.m. ETIn 1777, things were not looking good for American independence. People were calling it the year of the hangman, for the number...
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Obama’s Legacy Has Already Been Destroyed: Note for a discussion, " Pluribus...
Andrew Sullivan, nymag.comimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:More profoundly, Trump has managed to shift our cultural politics. He has baited the left to occupying new territory, thereby cementing...
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John Kelly’s Ancestors Wouldn’t Have Fit In Either - Note for a discussion,...
Viet Thanh Nguyen, New York Times; original article contains linksimage from articleExcerpt:I had forgotten that memory of my mother, sitting by herself, reading aloud from a church newsletter. It was...
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New York Times Review of the book by John McCain, "The Restless Wave" -- Note...
Excerpts from a review by Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times, of the newest book by John McCain, “The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations” :“We are living in...
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Think Things Look Bad in This Country Right Now? We’ve Been Here Before, Jon...
By Tina Jordan, New York TimesMay 18, 2018CONTINENTAL DIVIDE As discord and bickering roil the country, Americans clearly want to read about what’s going on: Five of the top 10 books on the nonfiction...
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The demise of the white majority is a myth - Note for a discussion, "E...
[JB note: My understanding of the Census projections for the "racial" composition of the USA is that by the mid-2000s the "white" population would not longer be a majority, but a plurality. But a...
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