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"Diplomacy in Action" Free Webinar
U.S. Department of State, Smithsonian Institution, and National Park Service Launch the "Diplomacy in Action" Free Webinar with Digital Badge for Educators and...
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Yul Brynner and Vladimir Putin -- separated at birth?
Yul Brynner as The King (please note Yul was born in Siberia); image fromImage from, with caption: Vladimir Putin takes on the fish in SiberiaStatue of Yul Brynner in front of his birthplace in...
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Decried as "Spam" by the University of Southern California's Center on Public...
In the hope of submitting a modest comment to Professor R.S. Zaharna's recent thought-provoking posting on the USC PD blog, "Basketball Diplomacy in CNN’s Court," I have been repeatedly informed of the...
View ArticleNEW “MUSICAL” IN RESPONSE TO RUSSIA’S PROPAGANDA LAWS -- quite funny, no...
NEW “MUSICAL” IN RESPONSE TO RUSSIA’S PROPAGANDA LAWS - leakynews.com: "The Sochi Olympics are just two weeks away. Russia’s homosexual propaganda laws have somewhat overshadowed the excitement of the...
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January 22-23 Public Diplomacy Review
Q. Is this [the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act] an attempt to influence or propagandize US citizens?A. No. Our journalists must abide by legally mandated broadcasting standards and principles to present...
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Подписан приказ о реорганизации РИК и НИИ культурного и природного наследия...
МинистерствоДеятельностьДокументыПресс-службаОткрытое правительствоГосуслугиГосзаказИнтернет-приемнаяГлавная > Пресс-служба > Новости > Новости Министерства...
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My life as a White Hispanic: Notes for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
My life as a White Hispanic: Prejudice comes from all sideshttp://roadkillgoldfish.com/2013/07/20/my-experience-as-a-white-hispanic-prejudice-and-misunderstanding-come-from-all-sides/20JULWhat do I...
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U.S. divided over how to tackle income gap, poverty: poll: Notes for a...
U.S. divided over how to tackle income gap, poverty: pollWASHINGTON Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:53pm EST6 COMMENTSinShare2Share thisEmailPrintA man pushes a cart up the road while scavenging for bottles and...
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The States of Our Union ... Are Not All Strong: Notes for a lecture, "E...
The States of Our Union ... Are Not All Strong: We ranked all 50, from fabulous to failed - Margaret Slattery, Politico. Via CW on FacebookImage from entryWealthiest per capitaRank / State / Per capita...
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Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Burkina Faso
Woka-Kuma (Let’s Talk); Burkina Faso and Cultural Diplomacy - Tholani Alli, ECOWAS Tribune.Cultural diplomacy is known as a type of public diplomacy and soft power that includes the “exchange of ideas,...
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January 24-25 Public Diplomacy Review
"the NSA has to 'make RAS'— that is, to show 'reasonably articulable suspicion."--Jack Riley, vice president of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Rand Corp. and director of the Rand National Security Research...
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The mobility muddle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/01/24/the-mobility-muddle/The mobility muddleBY ROBERT J. SAMUELSONJanuary 24 at 11:14 amMore 35 CommentsTraders work on the floor of the New...
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January 26 Public Diplomacy Review
"About 43 percent of college letter grades in 2011 were A’s, up from 31 percent in 1988 and 15 percent in 1960, a 2011 study found. Over roughly the same span, the average amount of studying by people...
View ArticleWhy Is the American Dream Dead in the South?: Notes for a lecture, "E...
Why Is the American Dream Dead in the South?Upward mobility has stayed the same the past 50 years despite skyrocketing inequality. But it's lower in the South (and Ohio) than anywhere else in the...
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The Other Kind of Inequality: Notes for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
OPINIONThe Other Kind of InequalityThe decline of American social egalitarianism is more worrisome than differences in how much people earn.By MICKEY KAUS - Wall street journal...
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Study finds little change in poor to rich mobility over past 25 years: Notes...
Study finds little change in poor to rich mobility over past 25 years22SIZE: + / -PRINT| REPRINTSShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on google_plusone_shareShare on redditShare on linkedinShare on...
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January 27 Public Diplomacy Review
"I spent 24 years working for the State Department, including one year in Iraq. ... For me, the real service I provided the United States began the day I realized everything about Iraq was a lie, and...
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January 28 Public Diplomacy Review
"Someone has to get the FSO’s under control. If they don’t like it, let them resign."--Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, regarding Foreign Service officers (December 18, 1975), specifically in the...
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The Age of ‘Infopolitics’
The Age of ‘Infopolitics’ - COLIN KOOPMAN - New York Timeshttp://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/the-age-of-infopolitics/The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers...
View ArticleThe diminishing returns of a college education
The diminishing returns of a college education - Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, January 28President Obama is correct in wanting to make higher education more affordable and accessible, but Americans...
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