Noam Chomsky on the Roots of American Racism: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
By GEORGE YANCY and NOAM CHOMSKYMarch 18, 2015 7:00 am, New York TimesThe Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and otherthinkers on issues both timely and timeless.This is the eighth in a...
View ArticleCould the South Have Won the War? Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
by Terry L. JonesMarch 16, 2015 10:47 am, New York TimesDisunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.By March 1865, it was obvious to all but the most diehard Confederatesthat the South was going to...
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The Civil War Convulsion: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
Andrew Delbanco, New York Review of BooksMARCH 19, 2015 ISSUEThe Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil Warby James OakesNorton, 207 pp., $23.95The Civil War: Told by Those Who Lived...
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The Ukraine Mess Is the Worst of Obama’s Many Foreign Policy Disasters
JB Note: Agree with him or not -- and I don't always -- Pfaff has been a thoughtful commentator on world affairs from what his critics would condemn as an overly "European" perspective. His critics --...
View ArticleNOW YOU SEE HIM... Has the Russian System’s Agony Begun?
JB question (I cite from the below article): "The Russian system’s agony has begun." But since when has the "Russian system's agony" not begun? And since when should this agony be a matter of universal...
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Quotations on Propaganda
PROPAGANDA (quotations and observations; from John Brown)image fromJB's all-time favorite, from a former State Department guru, now quite forgotten:“You can't propagandize on social media. I just don’t...
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Washington D.C.'s metro system: Some speculations
fromEnjoy your ride on D.C.'s super-modern metro system! It offers the following services:--Constantly non-functioning, poorly lighted escalators; the lack of bright yellow paint markings on the tip...
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Susan Pinker: why face-to-face contact matters in our digital age
From: The GuardianIn villages in Sardinia, 10 times as many men live past 100 than the average. Why? A key reason is that they are not lonely. Psychologist Susan Pinker on the importance of...
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The American religious landscape: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Lauren Monsen, fromThe diverse religious landscape of the United States has been shaped by the right to freedom of religion, established by the Constitution, and immigration.In fact, U.S. religious...
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Почему активные граждане уезжают из России?
philologist.livejournal.comСегодня мой друг, талантливый деятель культуры оппозиционных взглядов, признался в разговоре со мной, что подумывает об отъезде из России. Я ему ответил, что главное -...
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Борис Гройс: «За пределами США нельзя объяснить ничего, кроме Супермена»
В музее «Гараж» на конференции «Где черта между нами?» выступил философ Борис Гройс. «Воздуху» он рассказал, как ИГИЛ воплощают в жизнь заветы Малевича, откуда взялся новый консерватизм и почему...
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10 причин за что я люблю Америку: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
From. Via MP on Facebook; pls. be sure to read also the author's 10 вещей которые сложно понять в СШАJB - Interesting wonder-bread "take on the USA," not without its politically incorrect (to use a...
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10 вещей которые сложно понять в США: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
russiatousa.ruСложно поверить, но уже больше двух лет я проживаю на территории США. Время летит незаметно, но все равно остаются некоторые вещи к которым я никогда не привыкну в США. Для большинства...
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When diplomacy is most needed, America flees
In the world’s conflict zones, there’s no substitute for being thereE-MAILShare via e-mailTOADD A MESSAGEYOUR E-MAIL FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ LINKEDIN 4COMMENTSPRINTKIM MAXWELL VU/GLOBE STAFFBy...
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A facebook exchange on Ukraine -- "nation" vs. [?] state (slightly edited)
Like · Comment · ShareJohn Brown S [...] -- Is not a key question -- not answered by my limited reading of the scholarly/journalistic literature -- defining the distinction between state and nation (or...
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Russian Speakers of the Kazakh Steppe
In late 2014, consultant and former Crisis Group researcher, Varvara Pakhomenko, journeyed to the northern Kazakh steppe, and the towns and villages along Kazakhstan’s Russian border, to learn more...
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Mapping Migration in the United States - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
[Originally from: purple: Northeast; green: South; blue: Midwest; orange: West; grey - outside the U.S.][Circle with percentage: percentage of native-born population (2012)]Mapping Migration in the...
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Kremlin propaganda, fellow travelers, and the third Russo-Ukrainian war
From: euromaidanpress.comHieronymus Bosch. "The Magician" 2015/04/07 • POLITICSArticle by: Stephen VelychenkoThe PropagandaThose who know their history realize we are witnessing the 3rd Russo Ukrainian...
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