Review of "The Myth of America's Decline'
December 20, 2013Reigning HeavyweightBy CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, New York TimesTHE MYTH OF AMERICA’S DECLINEPolitics, Economics, and a Half Century of False PropheciesBy Josef Joffe327 pp. Liveright...
View ArticleA Former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand on cultural diplomacy
Speech: [Winston] Peters [Former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]- 2013 Conference on Cultural Diplomacy - scoop.co.nzSunday, 22 December 2013, 10:19 pmSpeech: New Zealand First Party2013...
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Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: China
2013：Year of 'Chinese dream' diplomacyGlobaltimes.cn | 2013-12-18 17:24:00By Globaltimes.cnShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on sinaweiboShare on linkedinMore Sharing Services5 E-mail Print...
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December 21-22 Public Diplomacy Review
"[T]o be fair, all cultural diplomacy, where culture is used as a tool of foreign policy, is propaganda in some sense of that word."-- Winston Peters, Former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand; image...
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Notes for a lecture, "E Puribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United":...
This tech investor wants to split California into 6 states. Bet you can't guess why. Venture capitalist Tim Draper submitted a proposal this weekend to transform California into several Golden StatesBy...
View ArticleImportant article on "adjunct professors": highly educated, badly paid, often...
latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-allen-adjunct-professors-20131222,0,4701423.storylatimes.comOp-EdThe highly educated, badly paid, often abused adjunct professorsThe only way to stop colleges from...
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Сергей Капков: «Москва может «переварить» ограниченное число приезжих»
24 декабря 2013, 00:01 | Москва | Юлия КозленковаСергей Капков: «Москва может «переварить» ограниченное число приезжих» - zvestia.ruКомментарии 2Глава департамента культуры столицы — о боязни...
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19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately -- Notes for a...
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately - mentalfloss.com 5645 Share Haley Sweetland Edwardsfiled under: WordsIMAGE CREDIT: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE/LANDOVWhen traveling across...
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Baby It's Cold Outside: The benefits of cultural/educational exchange ....
From Robert Irwin, "[Review of] James Toth, Sayyid Qutb [:] the life and legacy of a radical Islamic intellectual 400 pp. Oxford University Press], The Times Literary Supplement. In 1948 the Egyptian...
View ArticleWhy American popular culture is often incomprehensible to the outside world
ABOUTARCHIVESRESOURCES6k95528k500Top Five Differences between Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson and Miley CyrusBy Juan Cole | Dec. 23, 2013 |Printer Friendly110Retweet318Google +13(By Juan Cole)Louisiana...
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Norman Mailer and Russia
From: Elaine Showalter, "Naked and the rest" [review of J. Michael Lennon: Norman Mailer [:] A double life 960pp.Simon and Schuster], The Times Literary Supplement (December 20 and 27, 2013), p....
View ArticleE-Books Are Reading You
As New Services Track Habits, the E-Books Are Reading YouBy DAVID STREITFELD, New York TimesSAN FRANCISCO — Before the Internet, books were written — and published — blindly, hopefully. Sometimes they...
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In case you missed the Washington Post Snowden "interview" -- with highlights...
Snowden 'an indoor cat' in Moscow, says he's 'won': Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplishedBy Barton Gellman, Washington PostPublished: December 23MOSCOW — The...
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December 23-25 Public Diplomacy Review
immensely abbreviated holiday edition“Order one of everything off the menu.”--National Security Agency's “collection philosophy” "People must communicate"--Director of National Intelligence James R....
View ArticleIs Obama going to Sochi?
"Но это была бы возможность для проведения встречи наших президентов. И, конечно, я ожидаю, что они встретятся в Сочи." --U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation Michael McFaul, in an interview with...
View ArticleA work Still in Progress: Notes for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
A Work Still in ProgressBy LINDA GREENHOUSE - New York TimesWhen the country observed the Constitution’s 200th anniversary back in 1987, two narratives vied for public acceptance. There was the...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Goes French
Headline [December 26, 5:27 am ] from what was once a great newspaper:China and Russie bring back Cold War tacticsby Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
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December 26 Public Diplomacy Review
"Surveys have shown that not a small percentage of Americans would give up sex for a week before giving up their smartphones."--Michael S. Rosenwald, "Two books on Apple and Google: ‘Dogfight’ by Fred...
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Underestimating the American Dream: Notes for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Underestimating the American Dream: Reports of its demise are exaggerated. Just ask young immigrants - William Damon, Wall Street Journal: The American public has been subjected to a seemingly endless...
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December 27 Public Diplomacy Review
"But I am a ruin myself, wandering among ruins.” ―Heinrich Heine; image from; more below (in today's PDPR's "related items"), Jake Heppner, "The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth. For Some...
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