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The Knot of the Universe
wsj.com/articlesHobbes’s ‘Leviathan,’ which presented human beings as material objects subject to the laws of mechanics, was a frontal assault on the idea of the immortal soul.ENLARGEGian Lorenzo...
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Who makes better foreign policy: artists or scientists?
washingtonpost.comGeorge Kennan, left, director of the State Department’s policy planning staff, had an artist’s approach to foreign policy, according to David Milne’s categories. (Associated Press)By...
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Hawaiian Natives Move One Step Closer to Declaring Sovereignty from U.S....
via SM on Facebookimage fromCarey Wedler, theantimedia.orgNovember 6, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) Honolulu, HI — This week, Native Hawaiians initiated an historical election that may grant them sovereignty from...
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RIP Mr. Millionaire
News FeedRussian millionaire found dead in Washington, D.C. hotelA prominent Russian millionaire and press minister under Vladimir Putin was found dead of an apparent heart attack in a Washington...
View Article‘Star Wars’ and the Soviet Collapse
Reagan set aside the doctrine of mutually assured destruction, and set off an arms race.Charles McCarry, Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2015 2:58 p.m. ET51 COMMENTSAccording to Oxford don Robert Service’s...
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Let the Past Collapse on Time
Vladimir Sorokin, New York Review of BooksMAY 8, 2014 ISSUEVladimir Putin; drawing by John SpringsIn the course of three days in August 1991, during the failed putsch against Gorbachev, the decaying...
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Despair, American Style - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
NOV. 9, 2015Paul Krugman, nytimes.comimage fromA couple of weeks ago President Obama mocked Republicans who are “downon America,” and reinforced his message by doing a pretty good Grumpy Catimpression....
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Michigan city elects first-ever Muslim majority city council: Note for a...
Cathaleen Chen, csmonitor.com; via KR on FacebookThe city of Hamtramck, Michigan has voted three Muslim city council candidates into office Tuesday, forming a Muslim majority local government. By...
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How Corrupt Is Your State? Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
—AJ Vicens and Center for Public Integrity, motherjones.comThe Michigan state capitol building. Michigan scored dead last on a new ranking of state anti-corruption measures. Courtney Sacco/ZumaIn...
View ArticleSo you think you "must have" an advanced degree to join the U.S. Foreign...
Foreign Service Officer Qualifications - 13 DIMENSIONS from careers.state.gov; see also.What qualities do we seek in FSO candidates? The successful candidate will demonstrate the following dimensions...
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The West through the eyes of Russians
via AH on FacebookAnti-Western rhetoric of Russian propaganda as a tool for preserving the regime and eroding the European identity of RussiansAuthor: Olga Irisova, intersectionproject.eu6 November...
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Article on the mot du jour -- "Narrative"
image fromI am currently doing research -- in a still very preliminary fashion -- for an article on the origin and the current use of the beltway think-tank buzzword, "narrative."My very tentative...
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Terrorism as propaganda
sourcewatch.org; article lists sources (not cited below)image fromTerrorism and propaganda have each taken many forms throughout history, but terrorism as propaganda may have become one of the most...
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Back, back, back to Galicia (Still existing Beatles -- forget about the USSR)...
Video via LM by email; the below from [an edited/expanded] Facebook entryPoland: "Girls from Lviv" | All media content | DW.COM | 11.11.2015DW.COM|BY DEUTSCHE WELLE (WWW.DW.COM)Poland: "Girls from...
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Notes for an Article, "The Obsession with 'Narrative'"
"narrative"Daily update ⋅ November 16, 2015NEWSSalonWATCH: 'SNL' parodies Carson's narrativeWashington ExaminerBen Carson was the butt of more than a few jokes this week on "Saturday Night Live" in a...
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Remembering Texas: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
image from entryMaria Lattouf Abou Atmi, Content coordinator, CPD Weekend, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgNov 13, 2015Anyone who has been keeping up with the news recently can tell you that Texas has a strange...
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We Got Scammed by Government Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
Tom Engelhardt, billmoyers.comThis post originally appeared at Tom Dispatch.German and US Army soldiers rush with an injured German soldier to the German Army hospital in Kunduz, north of Kabul,...
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Visit the 5 happiest states in America: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
skyscanner.comElevate your mood and open your mind with a tour of the happiest states in the U.S.Whether you’re sightseeing, enjoying a sunny beach or getting in touch with your adventurous side, one...
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Teddy had it so right! Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps te...
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Anxiety, Nostalgia, and Mistrust: Findings from the 2015 American Values...
via MB on FacebookFindings from the 2015 American Values Survey.▶ Read the full report here. ▶ Read the news release here. ▶ Read the topline questionnaire, including the survey methodology, here. ▶...
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