USA Flag
Links pertaining to the USA presented in mostly random order:
Headlines
I Worked for Alex Jones. I Regret It. – NYT Magazine
https://deadline.com/2019/09/el-norte-at-35-the-outlaw-production-and-milestone-immigrant-saga-returns-1202732638
Are Americans Falling Out of Love With Their Landmarks?
http://science.time.com/2013/10/22/the-united-states-of-attitude-an-interactive-guide-to-americas-moods
http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/11/16-people-on-things-they-couldnt-believe-about-america-until-they-moved-here
Economic Bill of Rights (1944)
Republicans Won’t Stop Screaming ‘Socialism’ Until Democrats Stop Cowering
https://www.ushistory.org/documents/economic_bill_of_rights.htm
Faith Ringgold
National Science Foundation
Home
https://www.nsf.gov
https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299908&linkId=81408478
https://www.facebook.com/US.NSF
https://www.youtube.com/user/VideosatNSF
https://twitter.com/NSF
https://twitter.com/NSF/status/1222582895069532160
https://twitter.com/NSF/status/1222973536635105283
19th Amendment
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States
Bill of Rights
On December 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights of peaceful assembly and petition.
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-15
Churches
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/what-should-america-do-its-empty-church-buildings/576592/
William Goldman
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/16/william-goldman-obituary
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-william-goldmans-greatest-gift-cinema-1162360
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/william-goldman-dead-dies-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid-1203030474
Rube Goldberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
Muscogee
https://www.avclub.com/the-muscogee-maintained-independence-against-colonizers-1829018562
Foreign investment
https://piie.com/blogs/trade-investment-policy-watch/cost-trumps-economic-nationalism-loss-foreign-investment-united
John O. Brennan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Brennan
@JohnBrennan
the centrist vs leftist divide in a nutshell
https://twitter.com/ColsBols/status/1027626974854836225
Pueblo Revolt
https://therednation.org/2016/08/10/the-1680-pueblo-revolt-is-about-native-resistance
Malcolm Nance
http://thetacticsofterror.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Nance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plot_to_Hack_America
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance
Name a country
https://youtu.be/kRh1zXFKC_o
Indivisible Guide
https://www.indivisible.org
https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleguide
https://twitter.com/IndivisibleTeam
Seth Moulton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Moulton
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-news-saudi-megyn-kelly/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation
Bennet
https://www.bennet.senate.gov
Kamala Harris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Storytelling
https://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/columns/op-ed-storytelling-through-national-monuments/article_f10bc6f6-4a6b-11e8-bb65-7f3d649c2544.html
California Proposition 68
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_68,_Parks,_Environment,_and_Water_Bond_(June_2018)
Edward abbey
http://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-desert-solitaire-20180209-story.html
Ursula k leguin
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365434149/book-news-ursula-k-le-guin-steals-the-show-at-the-national-book-awards
https://youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk
Travel advisories
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html
Fox news
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-year-shepard-smith-went-rogue-at-fox-news
Incidents
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
Base nation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/09/28/most-countries-have-given-up-their-colonies-why-hasnt-america
https://twitter.com/davidsvine
http://skyhorsepublishing.com/titles/13081-9781510728813-base-nation
The Nation
thenation.com
travels
Truth
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/2/16588964/america-epistemic-crisis
Langhorne slim
Langhorne_Slim
https://www.dualtonestore.com/products/lost-at-last-vol-1-cd
Demographics/ Rural
http://www.dailyyonder.com/foreign-born-residents-account-rural-population-growth/2017/11/06/22173/
https://twitter.com/ncdemography/status/928623800295526400
Thomas Hart Benton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/thomas-hart-benton-mural-indiana-1133765
India Connections
http://www.indiajournal.com
keith jarrett
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/inside-keith-jarretts-improvisations/9071730
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Jarrett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert
http://www.thehindu.com/society/how-mess-can-inspire-creativity/article19846645.ece
James K Polk
http://mentalfloss.com/article/550281/james-k-polk-facts
civil war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Confederate Monuments
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/21/which-confederate-statues-were-removed-running-list.html
Vietnam War – Ken Burns
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a12499159/the-vietnam-war-ken-burns-the-beatles/
Richard Wilbur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wilbur
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/poetry/stephen-mitchell-reads-richard-wilbur
Constitution
https://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html
usa radio
http://usaradio.com
http://usaradio.com/usa-radio-news/about-usa-radio-news
glen campbell
http://www.glencampbell.com
https://twitter.com/GlenCampbell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Campbell
(April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Campbell:_I%27ll_Be_Me
Glen Campbell Postcard from Paris
Randy Newman / Dark Matter
https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/randy-newman-explains-every-song-on-his-new-album-dark-matter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Matter_(Randy_Newman_album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Jungle_Out_There_(song)
America’s Got Talent (AGT)
https://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent
https://twitter.com/AGT
Four Freshmen
https://www.fourfreshmen.com
https://www.fourfreshmen.com/history
https://www.fourfreshmen.com/tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Freshmen
Wu tang
http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-album-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin.html
Shelly burman
https://youtu.be/Wbqwpqzc_dY
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Caldwell
David Jolly
@davidjollyfl
http://www.thestopact.com
Social Security
https://www.ssa.gov
https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/
Harriet Tubman
http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
Spelling
https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/869624196921303040
Regulations
regulations.gov/
Stan Kenton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_Style_of_Stan_Kenton
Misc
https://www.planning.org/greatplaces
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ateams/
http://boingboing.net/2017/04/07/the-band-the-band-the-band.html
5 calls
https://5calls.org
st croix
http://www.stcroix360.com/2016/12/river-people-the-st-croixs-human-side/
@stcroix360
http://www.stcroix360.com/
https://www.stcroixriverassociation.org –
https://www.facebook.com/stcroixriverassociation/
#RealAmericaUSA Chat
Q: There are nearly 30 Indian tribes in the #RealAmericaUSA. Which tribes call your state home? #RealAmericaUSA
https://twitter.com/realamericachat/status/806516619975544832
department of the interior
https://twitter.com/Interior/alerts
Tweedism
http://phillipian.net/2015/05/15/lawrence-lessig-criticizes-tweedism-in-public-elections-at-asm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xUFV5qrQyc
KFC
http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-kfc-recipe-challenge-20160823-story.html
Positivism
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive
Credit Report
https://www.annualcreditreport.com
Highways
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/
https://twitter.com/USDOTFHWA
http://priceonomics.com/the-business-of-highway-adoption/
Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday)
Washington’s Birthday, also known as Presidents’ Day, is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of February. The day honors presidents of the United States, including George Washington, the USA’s first president.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/washington-birthday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Birthday
Supreme Court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-a-fringe-idea-about-the-supreme-court-is-taking-over-the-left/
https://fixthecourt.com
Tax
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/still-not-ready-to-file-your-tax-return-do-this-now/
https://www.irs.gov/uac/Free-File:-Do-Your-Federal-Taxes-for-Free
National Preservation
http://www.preservationnation.org
http://www.preservationnation.org/main-street/about-main-street/
Writers
John_McPhee
Richard Rohr
https://soundcloud.com/cacadmin/sets/gospel-call-for-contemplative-prayer-bias-from-the-bottom
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/leshowharryshearer
Volunteer
http://volunteer.gov
Bloom County
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/25-year-hiatus-bloom-county-returns-facebook
Business
http://www.amiba.net – @theAMIBA
Richard Nixon
Nixon’s the one – Harry Shearer
Recommended Reading
Are Americans Afraid of the Outdoors? – Scientific American
Green is the New Red, White and Blue – Time
June 6 D-Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_(military_term)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
September 15 to October 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
Events
hispanicheritagemonth.gov
National Governors Association
https://www.nga.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPk5LFlePYG_NVBOcjZC5Qg
https://www.facebook.com/nationalgovernorsassociation
https://twitter.com/NatlGovsAssoc
https://twitter.com/NatlGovsAssoc/status/1020276377952628736
Twitter
@IgnatiusPost
Elsewhere on the Web
Incident Information System
Wikipedia
United States
Mid-Atlantic
Era of Good Feelings
Planeta.com