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New Yorker Cartoon: "Now, what did I do?" (Too true for comfort)
(Note: by Victoria Roberts)
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"Time" Magazine Treats Gringos Like Infants And The Rest Of The World Like...
America: The World's Dumb BlondeNOV 25, 2011Stunning Comparison U.S. & World Covers for TIME MagazinebyDavid Harris...
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"Religious Cleansing" Of Turkish Christians, Jews (and, to a lesser extent,...
Alan: I am currently attending Week 8 of Chautauqua Institution's 9 week "summer season." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chautauqua_Institution Each week at Chautauqua has a particular focus, and this...
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Chomsky: The U.S. Behaves Nothing Like a Democracy And The "Free Press"...
By Noam Chomsky August 15, 2013 The following is a transcript of a recent speech delivered Noam Chomsky in Bonn, Germany, at DW Global Media Forum, Bonn, Germany. You can read more speeches byChomsky...
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Conservative Pundit, Ross Douthat, Summarizes Republican Strategy For 2016
Alan: The GOP's unflinching determination to crash and burn is most disconcerting in that the party may destroy "everything" in its kamikaze dive. Mark Lilla's, "Republicans For Revolution," is an...
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Fox News Losing Young Adult Viewers: Plans Move To The Left!
Are conservatives getting tired of Sean Hannity?Hannity says he isn't fazed by the possible changes. The conservative star could lose both his prime-time Fox News slot...
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Saint Augustine: On Love And Epistemology
Augustine of Hippo(Augustine was a black man though you wouldn't know it from European iconography)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_hippo"We...
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Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney, On What It Means To Be Catholic
Seamus Heaneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_HeaneyI could talk until the cows come home about the minority status of Catholics in the North of Ireland. But that ground has been gone over a lot. I...
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Charles Simic: The Poet Billy Collins Envies
Charles Simichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_SimicAlan: Tonight, at the Chautauqua Amphitheater, I had the surpassing pleasure of witnessing Paul Simon and Billy Collins give a joint music-poetry...
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Obesity Rate Levels Off in Most States
Obesity rates remained steady in every state except one in the last year, halting a 3-decade trend of near universal increases, according to a report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert...
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Sean Hannity: Flip Floppier Than Limbaugh Without Viagra
Video Compilation of Hannity Flip Flopshttp://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/06/12/sean-hannity-on-nsa-surveillance-then-and-now/194437
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Chautauqua Homily By Bishop Chane: Infidelity And The Need For A Common Language
Chautauqua Morning Worship Bishop John Chane's Homily: “The good old days” (were not the good old days).AUGUST 17, 2013BY MARY LEE TALBOT0...
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Turkey’s historical, ongoing erasure of Christianity. (A Chautauqua Lecture)
ROXANA POP | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERElizabeth Prodromou, affiliate scholar at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies, delivers Wednesday’s Interfaith Lecture in the Hall of Philosophy.***Alan: Dr....
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Ozlem Denizmen's Passion: The Economic Empowerment Of Turkish Women
BRIAN SMITH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERÖzlem Denizmen, of Turkish conglomerate the Doğuş Group, delivers Thursday’s morning lecture in the Amphitheater about the importance of financial literacy and bridging...
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The rise and fall of Turkey as a model for the Arab Spring. (A Chautauqua...
Kemal KirişciKirişci's Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemal_KirişciAlan: Kirişci is a liberal in the very best sense of the word - an accomplished scholar and a generous, cheerful...
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The History Of The Jews In Turkey. (A Chautauqua Lecture)
BENJAMIN HOSTE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHEROri Soltes, Goldman Professorial Lecturer in Theology and Fine Arts at Georgetown University, speaks on the history of Jews in Turkey at Thursday afternoon’s...
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1492: Caliph Bayezid II Offers A Home To All Jews and Islamics Expelled From...
Alan: Decades ago, I learned that a mid-Eastern caliph extended a blanket invitation to the Muslims and Jews whom Ferdinand and Isabela expelled from Spain in 1492. Countless thousands took advantage...
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A Good Way For Young Heirs To Invest Their Money
Dear Maria and Daniel,Here is useful follow-up information that contributes to my earlier email about "how to invest inheritance money." "America's 50 Best American...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Signs Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy
CHRIS PEDOTA / THE RECORD File photo of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Monday, August 19, 2013 Last updated: Monday August 19, 2013, 11:31 AM BY MICHAEL LINHORST AND MELISSA HAYESSTATE HOUSE...
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PBS: Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest - And Its Inhabitants - To Damaging Oil...
SUMMARYThousands of species of plant and wildlife call Ecuador's Yasuni National Park home, but it is believed that beneath the lush floor lies $7.2 billion of oil. Drilling could threaten the rain...
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