American Civilization

Earth Day is 40 years old – watch key events in this short film.

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The boy on the playground is being shoved around by a gang of classmates.  The girl is being teased as she walks through the hall at the high school.  The teen is receiving mean text messages. These scenes are unfortunately familiar.  Many communities have been taking steps to try to control this kind of behavior, [...]

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Here’s a site which is designed to tell you about your personality.  Click here.  Then place the URL of your blob into the box to get the analysis. Do you think it’s accurate or not?

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I’ve just finished the book The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.  The book takes place during World War II on the island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. The story unfolds through a series of letters.  In the words of English literature, that’s called the [...]

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When Bill Clinton first ran for president, the mantra of his  campaign was « It’s the economy, stupid. »Â  It almost seems to me that the mantra of this first Obama administration will be defined by its pursuit of health care.  That’s not to say that there are not many other very important issues  – from Afghanistan [...]

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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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What did you do during your vacation? Can you guess what I did on mine?  See my last post for some clues.

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Well,  I haven’t been here for a while.  So, here are some clues about where I’ve been.  Can you figure out where? I didn’t leave the Western hemisphere. My husband tried eating cuy, known in English as guinea pig. I saw lots of sweaters, hat, and scarves made from baby alpaca wool. We saw lots [...]

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Watch this film and see all of the U.S. presidents!  As a friend said, « I didn’t know what some of the less-famous presidents even looked like; now I do, and so can you. »Â  Click here to watch the video.  It takes less than 4 minutes to view.

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Martin Luther King, Jr., was in India in 1959.  Just recently a recording was found of a speech that Doctor King taped on that visit.  Listen to it here.  In the speech King speaks movingly of Gandhi and the principles of non-violence.

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