Archive for November, 2009

Scholars and Rogues » Game over? Billionaire elites now blatantly …

Liberals would argue he’s been one of the most effective senators in American history (although credible conservatives might disagree). Yet he spent little of his own fortune to stay in office, at least since 1998. …

100 Greatest MLS Players

With a reflective eye toward the league’s history, I am assembling a list of the league’s 100 greatest players. … 97

What is stevepavlina.com doing on a climate crisis website?

Absolutely there was a lot of childhood and social programming telling me I should finish whatever I started, and I had a bad history of not finishing things I should h ave….

African-American museum planners focus on funding (The Tennessean)

Organizers of a planned African-American museum are pressing ahead with an ambitious fundraising campaign so they can break ground next fall even as the climate for philanthropic giving remains cloudy.

Hilary Kramer: The Fight For Biogenerics

You know a health care bill isn’t right for the American people when it carves out a legal monopoly for Big Pharma and Botox, but I suppose it helps when the sponsor o … And even Kennedy was not blameless as his Senate library received one of the largest donations in history – $5 million – from Amgen….

RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Mormon History and Thomas Kane …

[crossposted at Religion in American History ] Randall Stephens As Americans prepare to stuff their faces with turkey, pie, turkey pie, and all manner of br… Tim Burke · I For One Welcome My New Infrared Faucet Overlord – Interesting …

Fritz Godard: Favorite Scenes From The Starz Denver Film Fest

Best Worst Movie: a “touching” moment The stage has been set: the elusive director of Troll 2 is back on American soil, still ignorant of the unintentional comedy e … ” At that point, we see how blind artists are to their creations, which is why I think that last sentence was the best sentence in the history of the Internet, maybe a ll of recorded time….

Rose Ensemble takes engaging turn at American folk hymns, carols

Let’s face it: History lessons aren’t always fun. … motets and madrigals of the medieval and Renaissance eras — instead focusing upon 19th-century American folk hymns and carols, many of them rooted in the Shaker a nd shape-note traditions….

Licking Valley students get lesson on American history – Newark …

HANOVER — The kids in Mrs. Zierk’s third-grade class at Licking Valley Elementary squealed in delight as they helped their music teacher, Chris Nethers, unfold.

History professor continues to serve students after 40 years « The …

Bower later found out the University of Wisconsin offered an in-depth doctorate program in Latin American history , which is now her area of expertise. After graduation, she lived in Argentina and Venezuela for two years.

RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Appeal to Heaven

[crossposted at Religion in American History ] Randall Stephens As Americans prepare to stuff their faces with turkey, pie, turkey pie, and all manner of br… Tim Burke · I For One Welcome My New Infrared Faucet Overlord – Interesting …

At Palmer Station

For as long as 500 million years, Antarctica and South American were part of the giant southern continent Gondwanaland.

The Boys From Guangzhou–Part V

Most people, being ignorant of history, will ask who that might be. Is it communists? Atheists?

The Boys From Guangzhou–Part V

Most people, being ignorant of history, will ask who that might be. Is it communists? Atheists?

America’s Rising Public Debt: The Waning of an Empire?

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Wine People

I opened the statesmen-like bottle, and Signor Nobile told me of his history.

Disney’s first African-American princess a hot item (Chicago Sun-Times)

Although she hasn’t even made her national big-screen debut yet,Princess Tiana is getting the royal welcome as Disney’s firstAfrican-American princess character. The anticipation is strong for “The Princess and the Frog,” an updateof the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, “The Frog Prince ,” in which Tiana isa 19-year-old waitress who dreams of opening her own restaurant in JazzAge New Orleans.

What to Consider Before Hiring a Mesothelioma Lawyer? | Health …

Mesothelioma Lawyer. Mesothelioma is a cancer in the mesothelium or the sac that protects the internal organs in the human’s body.

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In fact as history proves, the more that talent was poured into rock & roll the more boring it became, and considering that acts brimming with chops were obviously t…

Afghanistan: What is Winning?

Stated otherwise, what is the point of temporarily attempting to win over Afghani hearts and minds, if this is going to impoverish or even bankrupt American democracy?