Tags: History
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Indians Ejected from Rio Museum Being Razed for Olympics
Celebrating the cultural heritage the games are known for
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The Eerie Prophecies of "Baghdad Bob"
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John Mackey on Whole Foods, Conscious Capitalism, and Life Beyond the Profit Motive
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Eisenhower Memorial Plan Panned by Family
Relatives call it too cold. Want to scrap it and start over.
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Wright Brothers May Not Have Made First Powered Flight
Strong evidence for a 1901 flight by Gustave Whitehead in Connecticut
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America's Longest War: The Trailer
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The Conquest of the Future
The lost tomorrows of Gerald O’Neill and Eric Drexler’s visions of infinite space and abundance.
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Bill Kristol Attacks Rand Paul, Rewrites the 1990s
The Weekly Standard's editor has a selective memory.
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UK Rail Workers Unearth Suspected Black Death Burial Pit
13 skeletons uncovered
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Vatican Lashes Out at New Pope's Critics
Blames "anti-clerical, leftwing campaign" for accusations in connection with Argentinian junta
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The War on Car Radios
Distracted driving before mobile phones.
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A History Lesson From Clarence Thomas
Correcting a liberal smear about the conservative Supreme Court justice.
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Chicago Scientists Find 600-Year-Old Chinese Coin in Kenya
Chicago Field Museum and U Illinois-Chicago led expedition
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The Trouble with Bob Woodward
And don't get me started on his bio of Bill the Cat.
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Teaching Kids About Government
Vintage propaganda.
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Nixon Wanted Total Handgun Ban
But never acted on it
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Right-Wing Folk
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Mythical Viking Sunstone Found in Shipwreck
Used to navigate when sun was obscured
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The Great School Purge
Wars on academic freedom, from the McCarthy era to the present.
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Talkin' John Birch History Blues
Them Birchers they was comin' around/They was in the air/They was on the ground.