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I knew--in an abstract way--that calling that one gigantic, long-necked, long-tailed, small-headed dinosaur “Brontosaurus” was wrong. I knew that there was a dinosaur out there who was Bronto-like, but was.
I suppose there aren't a whole lot of places in Russia where horrible things haven't happened. But still: History has largely been kind to Alexander II, the Russian czar who.
Whenever events force the New York Times to acknowledge other American cities actually exist, you can bet it's going to be larded up with some extremely condescending provincialism, so I.
The only quibble I have with Waldman's essay is that he doesn't put the Republican deification of corporate heads in historical context. Republicans have ALWAYS deified business owners. During the.
Good news for working women who become pregnant: While New Jersey and New York City were the latest to pass workplace protections for pregnant workers, a new state has taken.
Debtors prison still exists, just under a different name of "not paying court costs." Luckily, the ACLU is fighting this.
The always useful Executed Today reminds us of another lovely event in American history: On this date in 1902, two African-American U.S. Army privates were hanged before a crowd of.
Ralph Kiner, R.I.P. If you watch the Mets, you knew it was baseball season when Ralph came into the booth for a few innings, and of course long-term Mets fans.