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‘Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century’ Review: Trying to Corral the...
wsj.com An exhibition makes it clear that painting today is frantically trying to keep up with the winking, blinking and noise of electronic media.Heather Gwen Martin’s ‘Trigonometric Functions’ (2010)...
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An "artistic" update on American-Russian cultural relations (from Facebook)
John Brown shared Vrubel Dmitry's post.3 hrs · Vrubel Dmitry3 hrsДавыдов Б.И. «Семейный портрет» 1972-1974See TranslationLikeLikeLoveHahaWowSadAngryjb CommentShareManageLike · Reply · 4m
View Article"Aggressive" Montenegro: A Comment
Siobhán O'Grady, "After being called ‘aggressive’ by Trump, Montenegro insists it’s a friend to America," Washington Post (July 20)My main point below: Montegrenins are of course part of "Europe" and...
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The Constitutional Amendment That Reinvented Freedom - Note for a discussion,...
T.J. Stiles, New York Times, July 26, 2018; original article contains linksMr. Stiles is an author and historian.The 14th Amendment, the one that empowered the Bill of Rights, turns 150 on...
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Washington, D.C, Bike/Scooter litter/narcissism ... -- An observation
Am a devoted pedestrian/jogger, and have spoken out about the evidently unregulated bike/scooter invasion on DC sidewalks/parks.(If it is indeed unregulated, I -- no lawyer -- plead ignorance, and...
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City vs. Country Is Not Our Deep Political Fault Line - Note for a...
Colin Woodard, New York Times, July 30, 2018Mr. Woodard is the author of “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America.”The key difference is among regional...
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The Scientific Case for Two Spaces After a Period - Note for a discussion, "E...
James Hamblin, The Atlantic, May 11, 2018; original article contains links.A new study proves that half of people are correct. The other is also correct.Image from article, with caption: A...
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‘Uncivil Warriors’ Review: Lawyers at Civil War - Note for a discussion, "E...
Harold Holzer, Wall Street Journal; original article contains an additional illustrationImage from article, with caption: UNCIVIL WARRIORS By Peter Charles Hoffer Oxford, 228 pages, $27.95Toward the...
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Lovers of Wisdom
The New York Review of BooksJim HoltJULY 19, 2018 ISSUELives of the Eminent Philosophersby Diogenes Laertius, translated from the Greek by Pamela Mensch, edited by James MillerOxford University Press,...
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Just askin' about left and right in America ...
Hoover image fromIn these difficult polarizing times for our over-the-hill Republic, I can only speculate on some of the ironies of the current political situation in the USA (generalizations, granted,...
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[“Donald Duck and the Three Caballeros” as USG Public Diplomacy]
Greg Garland5 hrs · Here’s the final scene (set in the north of Mexico) of what I consider the finest piece of USG “public diplomacy” ever: “Donald Duck and the Three Caballeros.” Disney-produced as...
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Interview: Charlottesville's first black female mayor: 'We’re not a...
theguardian.comLois Beckett in Charlottesville, VirginiaA year after white supremacists marched through the liberal city, Nikuyah Walker says the left needs less talk and more actionImage from article,...
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Wage growth: US cities where incomes are growing the fastest
Samuel Stebbins, Evan Comen and Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall Street, USA Today(Photo: bee32 / iStock)Corrections and Clarifications: An earlier version of this story included one incorrect state name....
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Wage contraction: US cities where incomes are shrinking the fastest
USA TodaySamuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall StreetPublished 8:02 a.m. ET Aug. 7, 2018 | Updated 8:51 a.m. ET Aug. 7, 2018(Photo: AndreyPopov / iStock)CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORETotal personal income...
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Fun Spots for your next vacation trip to Russia!
theatlantic.comЭти бедные селенья - Тютчев Ф.Эти бедные селенья,Эта скудная природа -Край родной долготерпенья,Край ты Русского народа! Не поймет и не заметитГордый взор иноплеменный,Что сквозит и...
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Oh, the Humanities!
Ross Douthat, New York Times, Aug. 8, 2018New data on college majors confirms an old trend. Technocracy is crushing the life out of humanism.W.H. Auden image from articleIn the spring of 1946, W.H....
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He wore a T-shirt. Now he’s getting death threats - Note for a discussion, "E...
washingtonpost.comThe Washington Redskins football team logo is displayed on items for sale at a store in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)By Theresa VargasColumnistAugust 8 at 9:48...
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New Survey Questions Do a Better Job Capturing Mobile Use Edit | View | Share...
census.govKurt BaumanAugust 08, 2018New American Community Survey questions revised in 2016 show a stunning increase in reported mobile broadband usage – strong evidence that previous questions were...
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[R]ice-skater Rice and her "sad-story" Georgia on her mind ...
John Brown [slightly edited Facebook entry]23 hrs · From the below-cited article by Rice: "I personally negotiated [JB - dit-elle modestement ] the final agreement that ended the war. Sitting in...
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Review of "The Dissent Papers," apparently currently unavailable to some via...
American Diplomacy [JB note: the server does not seem to provide the original article to everyone (esp. a person kind enough to show an interest in it), although I was able to get access to it via...
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