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NETHERLANDS – SOUTHEAST & MAASTRICHT, CENTRAL & UTRECHT

Southeast Netherlands July 5-6 and July 16-17 In the area below the rivers (the Rhine formed the northern border of…

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THE ARDENNES

East Wallonia    July 4-6, 2018 Composed of the three provinces of Namur, Liège, and Luxembourg, Belgium’s southeastern corner is…

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SUMMARY OF THE BRITISH ISLES

I spent 93 days in the British Isles from March 25 to June 27 and saw almost everywhere. This was…

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BELGIUM – WEST WALLONIA

July 1- 4, 2018 The landscape consists of rolling farmland and small woods. It has had an unbelievably turbulent history…

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BELGIUM – WEST FLANDERS

Belgium - June 27-July 7 2018 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BELGIUM Bicycles. The Netherlands has a reputation for bicycles, but this place…

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THE FIRST WHITE PRESIDENT

by Ta-Nehisi Coates -- October 2017 Atlantic  IT IS INSUFFICIENT TO STATE the obvious of Donald Trump: that he is…

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WILL DONALD TRUMP DESTROY THE PRESIDENCY?

How Trump Is Ending the American Era For all the visible damage the president has done to the nation’s global…

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IS THE AMERICA IDEA OVER?

Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right. YONI APPELBAUM November 2017 Atlantic Magazine…

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WHAT’S COLLEGE GOOD FOR?

The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher…

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THE CHARTER SCHOOL REVOLUTIONARY

The Charter-School Crusader The combative Eva Moskowitz has created the nation’s most impressive school system—and made lots of enemies in…

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