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Identity Politics Threatens the American Experiment - Note for a discussion,...
wsj.comIncreasingly we sort each other into groups, making sweeping assumptions based on binary labels. By Orrin Hatch, May 18, 2018 5:49 p.m. ETKanye West, ever the iconoclast, set social media...
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‘Reconstruction’ Review: A Dream Deferred - Note for a discussion, "E...
David S. Reynolds, May 21, 2018 6:37 p.m. ET, wsj.comImage from article, with caption:An agent from the Freedmen's Bureau separates two groups of armed men, one comprised of white men and the other of...
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Endorsements
Noël Coward image fromLetters to the Editor, The Times Literary Supplement (May 11 2018), p. 6:"Endorsements"letter fromGeoffrey Wheatcroft, Combe Down, Bath.Sir - Not quite the last word on...
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Fascism is back. Blame the Internet - Note for discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Timothy Snyder, washingtonpost.comIt’s polarizing our politics, making us ignore inconvenient facts and impeding real activism.image (not from article) fromExcerpt:Democracy arose as a method of...
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Doubt and Belief
image from"I believe those who doubt and doubt those who believe."--a personal speculation after nearly seven decades on planet earth
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The Liberation in Roth’s American Berserk - Note for a discussion, "E...
Roger Cohen, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: Philip Roth at home in Connecticut in 2006Excerpt:“The indigenous American berserk,” Philip Roth’s encapsulation of the country he loved, is...
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Christian leaders call out the heresy of Trumpism - Note for a discussion, "E...
E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington PostImage from article, with caption: President Trump and Jerry Falwell, head of Liberty University, during a commencement at the Christian university in Lynchburg, Va., in...
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Letter of Trump to Kim Jong Un
image fromIn my modest opinion, the content and tone of Trump's letter to Kim Jong Un suggests that it was (unfortunately) dictated by Trump -- and not carefully drafted by an aide knowledgeable about...
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Beware of pillow talk with Alexa around ...
image (not from article) fromElizabeth Weise, Alexa creepily recorded a family's private conversations, sent them to business associates,"usatoday.comImage from article, with caption: An "unlikely"...
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Time
image fromSamuel Graydon, "Do you have the right time? How popular science can play 'Virgil and Beatrice to our bewildered Dante,'"The Times Literary Supplement (May 18 2018), section dealing with the...
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Why Is Russia Bombing Its Own City?
Michele Berdy, themoscowtimes.comVia MT (including illustration) on Facebook, an article by one of the shrewdest commentators on Russian life (and the Russian language) today.Воронеж: Voronezh, a town...
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Aristotle’s Wrongful Death
Frank Bruni, New York Timesimage from articleHistory is on the ebb. Philosophy is on the ropes. And comparative literature? Please. It’s an intellectual heirloom: cherished by those who can afford such...
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Two thoughts on the Trumpian regime ...
image from1. Why do most Republicans (and some "conservative" Democrats) tolerate Trump, even if they can't stand him and his non-team-player irrationality and unpredictability? Because he is a useful...
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McDonald's, other chains respond to demand for higher-quality burgers
Zlati Meyer, USA TODAYwhit(Photo: Jack in the Box)CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREOn one of the biggest burger-grilling weekends of the year, fast-food chains are ready.Not only is it Memorial Day,...
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"Everything Has Gone Wrong": Soros Warns "Major" Financial Crisis Is Coming
Tyler Durden, zerohedge.comSoros image fromArticle cites George Soros speech delivered in Paris 5/29 in full:The European Union is mired in an existential crisis. For the past decade, everything that...
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What's the richest town in every state? - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Samuel Stebbins, usatoday.com May 30, 2018 (Photo: Kirkikis / iStock) The American Dream promises to all the opportunity to attain financial security -- and even wealth -- through hard work. Just how...
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The Year Politics Collapsed: The class of 1968 included Bill Clinton, George...
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journaluncaptioned image from articleThe modern era of American politics—defined by polarization and nonstop intensity—began with the cataclysmic events of 1968, now...
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Call out his lies. He depends on them. Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
By E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington PostImage of video in article from, with caption in article: "At a rally in Nashville on May 29, President Trump called Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen a 'total...
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The Red Atlas [Book Review]
John Davies and Alexander J. Kent, The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World; Jerry Brotton, review in timeshighereducation.comBook of the week: A secret cartography project is a...
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Letter of Trump to Kim Jong Un (updated 6/2/18)
The below pix (06/01/18) just in; video re below event atImage from Morgan Stalter, "Size of North Korea's letter to Trump sparks jokes,"thehill.com (06/01/18) [article contains additional...
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