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Which countries own U.S. debt? A graphic representation
Visit http://j.mp/4JQ1jy for a historical representation in video.
American Rhetoric: Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Farewell Address
Eisenhower's brilliant farewell address, January 17, 1961. With audio.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: "That is not racism" - GOP chair Michael Steele
Robert Jensen, "How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving and Learned to Be Afraid," CommonDreams.org (Nov. 15, 2009)
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I realize now that "hate" is the wrong word to
describe my emotional reaction to the holiday. I am afraid of Thanksgiving.
More accurately, I am afraid of what Thanksgiving tells us about both the
dominant culture and much of the alleged counterculture. -
Here's what I think it tells us: As
a society, the United States
is intellectually dishonest, politically irresponsible, and morally bankrupt.
This is a society in which even progressive people routinely allow national and
family traditions to trump fundamental human decency. It's a society in
which, in the privileged sectors, getting along and not causing trouble are
often valued above honesty and accountability.
Listen to the Federalist Papers online
These are in .AAC format. The archive seems to have all 85 papers.
Christian Popa, "Are Americans Faking Religiosity?," reasonWeekly (Oct. 15, 2009)
The argument is that if you take the number of people who affirm on surveys that they attend church weekly, you end up with a figure much too high to be accommodated in all American churches put together. The weakness seems to be that of course we don't really know how many people can fit into all the churches, or how many services they hold per week, or whatever. Still, it's an interesting idea.
The Morning Oil: Flannery! (WMA links to two radio broadcasts by Flannery O'Connor)
Bookmarking for future reference. At the moment the service hosting the audio files is dead, so I haven't been able to download them, but another blogger at Black Market Kidneys (http://j.mp/14aQJd) posted mp3 versions. The quality of the conversions isn't great, though, so I'm hoping sometime to be able to get this blogger's WMAs.
Black Market Kidneys » Flannery O’Connor Audio
Two radio addresses by Flannery O'Connor. These are mp3 versions of the files originally posted at The Morning Oil http://bit.ly/i9hBs
Demographics of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pretty good resource on U.S. demographic data. Lots of links to Census information and other sources.
RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY: In Guns We Trust
A great piece by historian Jon Pahl reflecting on the murder of Meleanie Hain, the Lebanon, PA mother who became a gun rights cause celebre when she open-carried her loaded pistol at her five-year-old's soccer game. (The local sheriff subsequently revoked her permit for showing "poor judgment; a judge reinstated it.) Hain was recently killed in her home by her husband, who was also a gun enthusiast.
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