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1980 in One Photograph

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On February 10, 2014
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Dead Horses in American History blogging to bring you 1980 in one image: Willie Nelson on a golf course, jingoism, the Cold War, the last days of the Carter Administration, those shorts--really what's missing?

Comply

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On August 16, 2013

I'm not particularly comfortable with the idea of boycotting the Winter Olympics in Russia because of the nation's anti-gay laws. Mostly, I don't think it's fair to athletes to be.

Musburger

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On June 4, 2012

The fact that a young sportswriter named Brent Musberger called Tommie Smith and John Carlos "a pair of black skinned stormtroopers" after they raised the black power fist at the.

No, I'm not discussing a Canadian perspective on the ignominy of losing to an inferior team, in their national sport, during the Olympics, in Canada. Though that must still sting a little, even following their destruction of the Russians and concomitant return to their rightful...

Olympics in Brazil

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On October 5, 2009

Mr. Trend has an outstanding post that explains what the selection of Rio means in the wider arc of Brazilian history. With all due respect, however, it's obvious that Trend.

What’s a normal body?

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On August 20, 2008
One of the strangest aspects of the moral panic over fat in our culture is the bizarre concept that having a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is "normal." It certainly isn't normal in the standard statistical sense of the word (only about a third of...
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