American Civilization

I read recently that Obama has a  88% approval rate in France. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case in the United States at the moment. Many accounts that I’ve read or heard recently seem to suggest that he’s losing support. And, I’m not simply referring to those who are still questioning whether he’s [...]

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Here he is He’s Charles Rivkin, the U.S. ambassador to France. I heard an interesting report on the radio this morning; the claim was that Obama is continuing in the tradition of naming some ambassadors based on their political contributions.  Charles Rivkin was one of the names mentioned.  That led me to try to find [...]

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