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    The Real American Heiresses of "Downton Abbey"

    MAY 23, 2012 2:56PM

    By Sally Allen


    Topics: julian fellows, series, popular series, masterpiece theater, book talk, author talk, public library, gail maccoll, carol wallace, history, book, how to marry an english lord, downton abbey

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    • 20 Ratings
    • 3637 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Why are Women Dumb?

    APRIL 25, 2012 6:15AM

    By Elizabeth Priddy


    Topics: open+call, economy, belief/religion, history, science, politics, feminism, war on women

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4102 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Titanic - James Cameron's subversive masterpiece

    APRIL 24, 2012 9:50AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: shipwrecks, history, popular culture, mythology, subversion, james cameron, film, titanic

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2661 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Why I don't care if today's kids know about the Titanic...

    APRIL 16, 2012 4:49PM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: titanic, superman, politics, news commentary, man of steel, history, helen keller, essays, education, dr. martin luther king jr

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 2403 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Bows, Arrows, and Historic Underwear

    APRIL 16, 2012 9:23AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: fun stuff, battle reenactment, steampunk, costumes, tourism, jewelry, fashion, hunger games, arrows, bows, medieval food, medieval wedding, medieval music, medieval times, middle ages, reconstitution, reenactment, history, cats, travel, france, pontoise, marche de l'histoire

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 6435 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Trouble in Sanford! Negroes Plot Revenge for Trayvon Martin!

    APRIL 6, 2012 2:29PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: trayvon martin, media, race, history, civil rights, law, racism, culture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1164 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    April 2, 1917: When America Joined the World

    APRIL 2, 2012 8:49AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: world war i, history

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    • 23 Ratings
    • 8730 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    NEWS FLASH: New York Educators Reject Dinosaurs

    MARCH 27, 2012 1:08AM

    By Annie Keeghan


    Topics: education, textbooks, state testing, history, science, math, test items, exclusions

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1404 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The most interesting room in Idaho

    MARCH 16, 2012 9:37AM

    By Mark Bieter


    Topics: travel, west, history, sports

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 3326 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Me and Rosa Parks on the Ellis Island Ferry

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 8:15AM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: family, african-american history month, history, rosa parks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 1882 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Synthetica

    JANUARY 5, 2012 8:02AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: silence, fashion, design, empathic projection, love, sex, sythetic sex, alone, waiting, ficional need, histories, certitude, uncertain rekoning, visual poetry, decay, environment, victim, human surrogates, history, projection, pathos, mannequins, watching, watchers, sculpture, synthetic need

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2095 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Glen Smalley Died in December on the Floor

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 10:24AM

    By BetsyRath


    Topics: family, geneaology, influenza, history, kansas, true story, ohio, washington

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1441 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Mid-Century Memories of Dark Island

    NOVEMBER 30, 2011 4:00PM

    By Polly Waller


    Topics: history, taylor+county, true story, dark island, perry+florida

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1719 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Today in History: America's First National Government

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 7:29AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: history, articles of confederation, u.s. constitution, george washington

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1646 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Why Liberia?? The Story of Two Sisters in Peace

    OCTOBER 7, 2011 11:24AM

    By Brazen Princess


    Topics: television, politics, health, feminism, economy, books, history, nobel peace prize 2011

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    • 26 Ratings
    • 5954 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Did You Know that America is Becoming a Cruel(er) Nation?

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 2:37PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: violence, history, america, gop, tea party, racism, race

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 1579 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    The Mistresses of Mayhem

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 9:57AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: horror, gothic horror, ann radcliffe, edgar allen poe, mary shelley, life, lifestyle, writers, writing, movies, television, history, pop culture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1947 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    My afternoon at the French Senate

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 8:15AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: france, paris, senate, politics, french political system, jardin du luxembourg, palais du luxembourg, journees europeenes du patrimoine, history, visits, photography, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2994 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Cold War Memories

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 7:27PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: john le carre, berlin, cold war, history

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1947 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    On Being Gay

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 7:59AM

    By Dorien Grey


    Topics: history, experience, homosexuality, gay, open salon

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