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Her Father’s Daughter: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
From: wsj.comDancing on Jimmy Fallon isn’t the source of the first lady’s popularity. It’s her upbringing in a one-bedroom apartment in Chicago.By JONATHAN KARLApril 7, 2015 6:52 p.m. ET32 COMMENTSIn...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Turns ‘Progressive’: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
New York TimesAPRIL 8, 2015Mark BittmanYou could almost feel sorry for McDonald’s. That’s an odd sentiment when youconsider that the company’s revenues in 2014 were $27.4 billion and its stockprice...
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Crimea/Cuba; Ukraine/Iraq, or why the USA has won the post-Kold War: A...
image fromFrom a minor (slightly edited) Facebook entry on my part, meant to be humorous/ironic in these tragic times (and in honor of Nikolai Gogol, perhaps the greatest of Russian/Ukrainian writers...
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Why aren’t younger Americans driving anymore? -- Note for a lecture, "E...
From The Washington PostBy Brad Plumer April 22, 2013 Ever since the recession hit in late 2007, Americans have been driving less and less. Was that because of the horrible economy? To some extent,...
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April 9, 2015, marks the 150th anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender to...
Civil War TrustToday, April 9, 2015, marks the 150th anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia. This War Department video explores some of the artifacts that...
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На Украине открыли доступ к архивам советских репрессивных органов
grani.ru : http://grani.ru/Politics/World/Europe/Ukraine/m.239959.html09.04.2015Обложка следственного дела НКВД УССР. Фото: maidanua.org На Украине открыт доступ к архивам репрессивных органов...
View ArticleSurveyed Americans Don't Remember Who NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Is, But He's...
The Low-DownGlenn Greenwald comments in The Intercept: (A poll) “found just 15 percent of Americans could correctly identify the chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, while 27 percent knew...
View ArticleОткрытие архивов: как Украина рвет с советским прошлым
Via IK on Facebookfrom: daily.rbc.ru - http://daily.rbc.ru/opinions/politics/10/04/2015/55277f0e9a794780247e5977Максим АртемьевИсторик, журналистПубличный доступ к архивам спецслужб — важное решение,...
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The Civil War's Dirty Secret: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
from: thedailybeast.comHulton Archive/GettyChristopher DickeyLOST CAUSALITY04.10.1512:02 PM ETThe Civil War’s Dirty Secret: It Was Always About SlaveryThe war was never about states’s rights, unless it...
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35 Founding Father Quotes -- Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
from:via RBIn honor of our presidents and our nation’s founding, here are 35 quotes from the Founding Fathers that prove they did NOT found a ‘Christian’ nation. Painting of the Founding Fathers by...
View ArticleРоссия и Украина: война миров
Павел Казарин snob.ruЗнаете, а ведь то, что происходит последний год между Киевом и Москвой – это не только война Украины с Россией. Это война просоветского с постсоветским. И пока вы не стали писать...
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The world according to Russian search engine users
From: rbth.comBy Pavel Gazdyuk, Igor RozinThe biggest Russian Internet search engine Yandex has analyzed what Russians search for on the Internet in relation to foreign countries. The company created a...
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Roots of U.S. public diplomacy in 1917 echo debates of 2015
from: communicationleadership.usc.eduBy Adam Powell | April 10, 2015 0WASHINGTON - 98 years ago, the United States government formally inaugurated the first American agency of public diplomacy, and it...
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Navajo Win $554,000,000 From The US Government: Note for a lecture, "E...
from: realitieswatch.comIn a landmark settlement, which Navajo president Ben Shelly describes as “fair and just,” the United Statesgovernment has been ordered to pay reparation amounting to $554...
View ArticleRand Paul defends secessionist aide: Confederate flag like smoking pot: Note...
From: rawstory.comDAVID EDWARDS11 JUL 2013 AT 12:29 ET Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says that an aide who believes in secession and has a history of wearing Confederate flag masks should be forgiven because...
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Бардак в Соединенных Штатах. [#Юмор]
From: rufabula.comImage fromНу американцы тупые! Вы почитайте что у них творится в стране! Бардак и хаос!Ну американцы тупые! Вы почитайте что у них творится в стране! Бардак и хаос!1. Американские...
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Remember 'em good old days of American-Russian friendship (check with Angela)...
from sibnarkomat.livejournal.comОригинал взят у tipolog в Советские плакаты на тему военного сотрудничества СССР с союзниками по Антигитлеровской коалицииСоветские плакаты на тему военного...
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An all-American Ukrainian (a slightly edited Facebook exchange)
[... ] Some photographers are more skilled at this than others22 hrs · Like · 2John Brown20 hrs · LikeJohn Brown I long for a Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk]) film festival in Ukraine ... Just...
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A Facebook entry on Richard Holbrooke (by your blogger)
[Facebook entry slightly edited]Although I was on the "cultural" side of PD [Public Diplomacy] during most of my years at USIA and the State Department (1981-2003; I left the Department to express...
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Single black female BA seeks educated husband: Race, assortative mating and...
From: BrookingsEdward Rodrigue and Richard V. Reeves | April 9, 2015 11:14amThere is a growing trend in the United States towards assortative mating — a clunky phrase that refers to people’s tendency...
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