Creel, Lippmann, and the Origins of American Public Diplomacy: A listing of...
Note for a Planned Article"Creel, Lippmann, and the Origins of American Public Diplomacy"(comments welcome; draft, not for citation)A Listing of Entries in "Notes and Essays" Pertaining to "Creel,...
View ArticleHow the Cold War made Georgetown hot.
How the Cold War made Georgetown hot.BY LOUIS MENAND New YorkerWashington, D.C., is a two-industry town. In theory, the people in government work their side of the street, passing laws and implementing...
View Article2014 elections: Note for lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...
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View ArticleAcademics and Public Diplomacy (repeat post)
Sunday, November 9, 2014American Academics and Public Diplomacy"Creel, Lippmann, and the Origins of American Public Diplomacy"Note for a Planned Article"Creel, Lippmann, and the Origins of American...
View ArticleChange and Americans: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
Democracy In America Alexis De TocquevilleBook Three – Chapters XXIChapter XXI: Why Great Revolutions Will Become More RareA people which has existed for centuries under a system of castes and classes...
View ArticleChange and Americans (II): Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
In my presentation, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United," I suggest that welcoming of change is one of the glues that keeps the United States united; I cite deTocqueville, "Americans...
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Tocqueville on American Women
Tocqueville on American women:"As for myself, I do not hesitate to avow that although the women of the United States are confined within the narrow circle of domestic life, and their situation is in...
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The Purpose of British Public Diplomacy: to "champion" policies
I thought the British were admirably reserved, but find the stated aim of British public diplomacy -- "to ... champion British policies" (see below "company" announcement, found on the Internet) --...
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From bop to żal: how jazz became the voice of freedom in Poland
From: theguardian.comSuppressed under Stalin and promoted on film, jazz has long been synonymous with freedom in Poland. Richard Williams surveys a thriving tradition that embraces the spirit of...
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The Web Is Dying; Apps Are Killing It
from Wall Street JournalTech’s Open Range Is Losing Out to Walled GardensENLARGEPHIL FOSTERByCHRISTOPHER MIMSNov. 16, 2014 3:32 p.m. ET68 COMMENTSThe Web—that thin veneer of human-readable design on...
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Wake Up, Europe -- George Soros
New York Review of BooksEMAILWake Up, EuropeGeorge SorosNOVEMBER 20, 2014 ISSUEThe following article will appear in The New York Review’s November 20 issue.Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin; drawing...
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The Creepy New Wave of the Internet
From The New York Review of BooksThe Creepy New Wave of the InternetSue HalpernNOVEMBER 20, 2014 ISSUEThe Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse...
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Racial gap in U.S. arrest rates: 'Staggering disparity': Note for a lecture:...
From usatoday.comRacial gap in U.S. arrest rates: 'Staggering disparity' Brad Heath, USA TODAY7:22 a.m. EST November 19, 2014(Photo: Michael B. Thomas, AFP/Getty Images) 8193CONNECT 1639TWEET 9LINKEDIN...
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Why 'Interstellar' is good for America's image
From: latimes.comBy JOEL SILBERMAN,GUEST BLOGGERChristopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” fell to Earth at the domestic box office over the weekend, but its international ticket sales are rocketing through...
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Who Won The Civil War? Tough Question -- Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
From NPRLINTON WEEKSiHistory quiz: Students on campus.YouTubeThe old joke used to be: Who is buried in Grant's tomb?Now it's not so funny anymore.Recently PoliTech, a group of politically engaged...
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"That Monstrous Thing Called Kultur"
Note for a Planned Article"Creel, Lippmann, and the Origins of American Public Diplomacy"(comments welcome; draft, not for citation)From: Stewart Halsey Ross, Propaganda for War: How the United States...
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America's first Propaganda Czar and the Jesuits' Propaganda Fide
Note for a Planned Article"Creel, Lippmann, and the Origins of American Public Diplomacy"(comments welcome; draft, not for citation)The Missouri-born George Creel, America's first propaganda czar as...
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E Pluribus Bonum: Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...
From: nationalreview.comPluribus Bonum America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century — Why America’s Greatest Days Are Yet to Come, by James C. Bennett and Michael J. Lotus (Encounter,...
View ArticleBook Review: The New America - A ‘post-ethnic’ international flophouse --...
From: thesocialcontract.comhttp://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_24_1/tsc_24_1_horowitz.shtmlBook review:Native AmericansPatriotism, Exceptionalism, and the New American Identity By...
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The Melting Pot: Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...
From: rare.usThe following is an excerpt from the new book by Rare Deputy Editor James S. Robbins, Native Americans: Patriotism, Exceptionalism, and the New American Identity.The Melting...
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