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Immigrants in the U.S.: Note for a Lecture, "E Puribus Unum? What Keeps the...
June 5Friday, June 5, 2015• Support for undocumented immigrants.Nearly three-quarters of Americans say they support a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, according to a new opinion poll...
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Viewpoint: The Russian challenge for the West
via AH on Facebookbbc.comBy James NixeyChatham House4 June 2015 From the section EuropeUkraine crisisSix questions on Ukraine's ceasefireUkraine crisis: The factory that has been shelled 165 timesHow...
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Steinbeck on socialism. Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
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A facebook exchange on Iraq
JB Note: Deleted are important comments on this edited Facebook entry -- out of respect for the commentators' privacy.Bush was wrong on Iraq, says Rumsfeld | The TimesGeorge W Bush was wrong to push...
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WHAT 18 FOCUS GROUPS IN THE FORMER USSR TAUGHT US ABOUT AMERICA’S IMAGE PROBLEMS
wilsonquarterly.com; via AH on Facebook[JB note: The point in this article made about direct U.S. support for civil society organizations in the former USSR resonates with my experience as a public...
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Our All American Ministry of Culture -- The "Cultural" Work of the CIA and...
image fromDuring the early years of the Cold War, as George Kennan Kennan points out, "This country ha[d] no ministry of culture, and the CIA was obliged to do what it could to bridge this gap...
View ArticleBlast from the Dubya past: Ambassador claims shortly before invasion, Bush...
from rawstory.comChristian Avard Published: Friday August 4, 2006See/hear alsoFormer Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith is claiming President George W. Bush was unaware that there were two major...
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After 800 years, Britain finally asks: Do we need a written constitution?...
www.washingtonpost.com; via AH on FacebookBritain’s Queen Elizabeth II waits for lawmakers to arrive from the House of Commons in answer to her summons before delivering the Queen’s Speech in the House...
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История российского антиамериканизма: почему в России стали считать США врагом
From: carnegie.ruvia AH on FacebookДенис Волков КОММЕНТАРИЙ 08 ИЮНЯ 2015КРАТКОЕ РЕЗЮМЕЗа последние 25 лет в России наблюдалось четыре резких всплеска антиамериканизма. Их можно объяснить работой...
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The best place to retire isn't Florida - Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus...
From: Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY
View ArticleWhat Is the President’s Cabinet? Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
fromBy Kirk BaileyThe President’s Cabinet is composed of the principal appointed officers of departments of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. The Cabinet meets weekly...
View ArticleShould the U.S. Have a Secretary of Culture? - Note for a Lecture, "E...
From theatlantic.com[JB -- In my modest opinion, a Ministry of Culture would never sell in the USA. Indeed, if in the unlikely situation we had one by presidential nomination and Senate confirmation,...
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Jazz Strategy: Dizzy, Foreign Policy, and Government in 1956
Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture (1900-present), Spring 2005, Volume 4, Issue 1http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/spring_2005/gac.htmScott GacYale University1955:...
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The CIA's "Kids' Zone" -- Meant for the general American public?
[JB -- No, the below is not from The Onion. It's from your taxpayer's CIA homepage, secretly planning to take over the USA's kintergarden industry? (Actually, it could be what the CIA thinks of the...
View ArticleRussia's Ukrainian Retreat: A Misnamed Newsweek article (see highlights)?
Via SW on Facebooknewsweek.comBY OWEN MATTHEWS / JUNE 8, 2015 7:28 AM EDTIs Vladimir Putin mounting a charm offensive, a military offensive or both? Last month, Russia’s president greeted U.S....
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The Great Debate: Are Ukraine and the U.S. allies or not?
JB Note: Needless to say, the below compilation is not yet another "crisp" think-thank-my-sponsors (sorry, I meant tank) memo (how I hate the word "crisp" -- it reminds me of junk-food potato chips),...
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11 Russian Superstitions (Because We Were Scared to Do 13)
via OM on FacebookBy Jennifer Monaghan Moscow TimesJun. 09 2015 09:54Last edited 09:54Jorge Royan / WikicommonsRussians are a superstitious lot.A survey by independent pollster Levada Center in 2013...
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Неразделённая ненависть россиян к американцам
via IK on facebookpolitota.d3.ruНаписал Kuzkin_otets, вчера в 11.48 на POLITOTA . 17323 17 +698–Короткий пост. Не углубляясь в дебри статистики или социологии, хочу вас спросить: а вы в чём...
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Ukraine in graphics Crisis in Ukraine
Jun 4th 2015, 15:12 BY THE DATA TEAM, economist.comTHOUGH Ukraine became independent when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it remained largely dependent on Moscow in the ensuing decades. The Orange...
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The hipster is dead, and you might not like who comes next - Note for a...
mashable.comIMAGE: BOB AL-GREENE, MASHABLEBY DAVID INFANTE1 DAY AGOWhat do we call me? I’m a 26-year-old writer who lives in a gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn. I’m a straight white man with a...
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