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• Berlin Wall Fall 20th Anniversary: The Meaning of Ronald Reagan

  
  Contraries — Authority: 108
  Today, Rudy Giuliani celebrates* the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall recalling how Ronald Reagan’s principled approach changed the course of history:Reagan is one such person, one of history’s causers, and a force for good in the world. Had he never been born, the great good that he wrought might ...
  6 hours ago

• Retro Campaigns goes Vintage

  
  The T-Shirt Review — Authority: 129
  It’s been a while since I featured Retro Campaigns on the T-Shirt Review but they have just released three new tees and they are doozies. They have broken away from their original style and brought some nice vintage style designs to the field and these designs are complimented by their choice of shirts. For the ...
  9 hours ago

• On Roosevelt Island, Less Work, More Babies

  
  City Room — Authority: 801
  New York on Less: A restaurateur devoted to his "urban Mayberry" sees residents struggling.
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• Debating the healthcare bill

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 146
  I had a friend visiting me this weekend who had fervently backed Barack Obama for President (against the “devil-woman” Hillary), but who now thinks Obama has betrayed his followers – most recently by agreeing to disastrous compromises in the health insurance bill. We argued the point on Sunday morning, while ...
  10 hours ago

• Monday Morning News and Views

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 580
  Hurricane Ida batters coast of Cancun, Mexico Good Morning, Conflucians! This morning more than ever, I’m so grateful for all of you, and so glad we have this blog where we can discuss, argue and rant about politics and news events. I can’t begin to imagine what I would have done with out TC and all of you ...
  10 hours ago

• Finally, Abe Lincoln gets the attention he deserves!

  
  Hide Your Arms — Authority: 507
  I still like the concept of Retro Campaigns, creating shirts based on old political campaigns from America’s past. Abraham Lincoln , Theodore Roosevelt and William Henry Harrison receive the treatment this time around. I think that I prefer the more modern poliical characters simply because we all know that Abe ...
  12 hours ago

• Massenets Herodiade in a Brilliant New York Première

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 470
  In many ways brilliant, the New York première of Jules Massenets "Herodiade" was presented last night by Oscar Hammersteins Manhattan Opera, opening its winter season, with Lina Cavalieri as Salome.
  19 hours ago

• Little White House

  
  GEORGIA FAMILY VACATIONS — Authority: 115
  Georgia > West Central Georgia > Meriwether County > Warm Springs By SHERRI SMITH BROWN The Little White House in Warm Springs was the Georgia home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and is a good place for introducing your child to United States history.  In 1932 while he was still ...
  1 day ago

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  
  Capital is Scarce — Authority: 118
  Apparently we have been here before. Yet here we are again. I guess Daniel Kahneman is right when he says people only have a 3 year memory. Meaning whatever constant we see for 3 years in a row we grab as the new permanent reality. Roosevelt delivered this inaugural address on March 4, 1933. Obama could have ...
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• Work under way on Muskegon Lake shoreline restoration

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 822
  A $10 million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant to restore the shoreline habitat along the southern Muskegon Lake shoreline could get underway next year.
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• To Make South Republican, Deny Blacks the Vote, Senator Says

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 470
  When reading The Times in 1909, sometimes you have to pinch yourself to be sure you are not dreaming of reading a satirical newspaper.
  1 day ago

• Larry, Curly and Moe

  
  Glark — Authority: 410
  Seagulls on a parking garage rooftop on Roosevelt Island, NYC.
  2 days ago

• Karan Singh honoured by New York varsity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New York, Nov 7 (IANS) Karan Singh, president, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), was conferred with an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters by the State University of New York here Saturday.“As an internationally respected humanitarian and one of the most learned individuals of modern times, you have a ...
  2 days ago

• November 8 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 574
  On November 8: 1602 The Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public 1656 Edmond Halley , British astronomer and mathematician, was born. 1745 Charles Edward Stuart  invaded England with an army of ~5000. 1793  The French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the ...
  2 days ago

• THE ELUSIVE MR. WILSON

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 132
  Although I have tried to hear all the recordings Teddy Wilson ever made over more than half a century, the man himself was harder to find.  True, I did hear him in person several times at Newport Jazz Festival concerts in New York City, once at the Highlights in Jazz concert series, at The New School (alongside ...
  3 days ago

• CHA’s Transformation: “A tale of two cities”

  
  YoChicago — Authority: 144
  “Midway through the Plan for Transformation, we have a tale of two cities. CHA families in new mixed-income communities now live in conditions indistinguishable from economically better off neighbors. That’s a major achievement that would have been considered impossible 20 years ago. “At the same time, far too ...
  3 days ago

• RIP, Marie Gianini (November 6, 2009) The Avon Sisters

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 485
  Marie Gianini1924(?) – November 6, 2009Marie Gianini was part of the comedy, dance and vocal duo, the Avon Sisters, who spent many years performing through the Midwest and entertaining troops with the USO.  Forming the duo with her sister, Theresa Frisby, perhaps her biggest thrill came when President Franklin ...
  3 days ago

• November 7 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 574
  On November 7: 1492 The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck the earth in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim , Alsace . 1655 The London Gazette , the oldest surviving journal , was first published. 1728   Captain James Cook , British naval officer, ...
  3 days ago

• "What Keeps You Up at Night?"

  
  the green skeptic — Authority: 121
  Lou Rappaport of Blank Rome asked me a disturbing question the other day at the MAC Alliance Conference in Philadelphia. On the face of it, Lous question was a simple one: "What keeps you up at night?" We were interrupted before I could answer, but Lous question lingered with me. In fact, it kept me up the ...
  3 days ago

• "What Keeps You Up at Night?"

  
  the green skeptic — Authority: 121
  Lou Rappaport of Blank Rome asked me a disturbing question the other day at the MAC Alliance Conference in Philadelphia. On the face of it, Lous question was a simple one: "What keeps you up at night?" We were interrupted before I could answer, but Lous question lingered with me. In fact, it kept me up the past ...
  3 days ago

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