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admin wrote a new post, How the Immigrants Who Came to Ellis Island in 1907 Compare to Arrivals Today 2 days, 7 hours ago
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By Becky Little !– tml-version=”2″ –The busiest day at During the late 19th and early 20th century, large groups of people from northern and western Europe immigrated to the United States, like this Slavic […] -
admin wrote a new post, What Kim Is Thinking: We Can Get Inside the Head of North Korea’s Leader If We Read the Signs 2 days, 7 hours ago
By Eric Gomez Eric Gomez
After an extended period of silence since the failure of the
U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi, a flurry of activity and
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admin wrote a new post, Royal Births Were Once Terrifying, Deadly and Watched by Huge Crowds 2 days, 7 hours ago
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By Hadley Meares !– tml-version=”2″ –On November 1, 1661, Queen Marie-Therese, the shy, retiring Spanish wife of . “It was hoped that these Spanish sounds diverted the poor queen, who kept crying out in her […] -
admin wrote a new post, The Mueller Report — Russia's Unearned Victory Lap 2 days, 9 hours ago
By Patrick G. Eddington Patrick G. Eddington
The release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on
alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian
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admin wrote a new post, Star Lawyering Protected President Trump from Firing Robert Mueller 2 days, 12 hours ago
By Ilya Shapiro Ilya ShapiroDon McGahn is one of the few people who came out looking better
after the Robert Mueller report than going in. The former White
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admin wrote a new post, Don McGahn Is the MVP of the Trump Administration 2 days, 15 hours ago
By Ilya Shapiro Ilya Shapiro
One of the biggest heroes of the Mueller report is Don McGahn,
who served as White House counsel from President Donald Trump’s
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admin wrote a new post, Claiming ‘Sanctuary’ in a Medieval Church Could Save Your Life—But Lead to Exile 3 days, 6 hours ago
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By Becky Little !– tml-version=”2″ –The . “It would be inappropriate in the extreme to carry weapons into the church or to arrest someone or to exercise force within the church.”In addition, the church was […] -
admin wrote a new post, Is the Trump Administration Helping the Saudis Build a Bomb? 3 days, 13 hours ago
By Doug Bandow Doug Bandow
President Donald Trump went dancing with the Saudi royals in
Riyadh, where he tried to sell America’s principles in
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admin wrote a new post, The Mysterious Fate of the Romanov Family's Prized Easter Egg Collection 4 days, 3 hours ago
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By Ella Morton After the Russian Revolution, the country’s new leaders, looking to make some quick rubles, started selling off the dazzling imperial treasures.!– tml-version=”2″ –In 2010, an American […] -
admin wrote a new post, Ancient Pee Suggests Agricultural Revolution Whizzed By 4 days, 7 hours ago
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By Becky Little !– tml-version=”2″ –The only decided to use pee residue because they were having trouble reconstructing a timeline with feces and bone.“We thought, well, humans and animals pee, and when they […] -
admin wrote a new post, How a Sex Worker's Murder Brought Down Tammany Hall's Corrupt Political System 4 days, 7 hours ago
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By Erin Blakemore !– tml-version=”2″ –To the naked eye, it was nothing more than a case of simple prostitution: When the police officer burst into Vivian Gordon’s New York hotel room in 1923, he found her in […] -
admin wrote a new post, The Questions Medicare for All Supporters Must Answer 4 days, 11 hours ago
By Michael D. Tanner Michael D. Tanner
Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie
Sanders has officially unveiled the latest version of his plan for
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admin wrote a new post, Analysis: Charter Schools Yield 53% Greater Return on Investment Than Traditional Public Schools 4 days, 13 hours ago
By Corey A. DeAngelis, Patrick J. Wolf, Larry D. Maloney, Jay F. May Corey A. DeAngelis, Patrick J. Wolf, Larry D. Maloney, & Jay F. MayCharter schools are the object of intense national debate. They
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admin wrote a new post, Why Was Joan of Arc Burned at the Stake? 5 days, 9 hours ago
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By Lesley Kennedy The French heroine and saint was labeled a heretic, fraud, sorceress and cross-dresser.!– tml-version=”2″ –The English claimed many offenses against . “As the opening of the trial record […] -
admin wrote a new post, Whooping Cough Killed 6,000 Kids a Year Before These Ex-Teachers Created a Vaccine 5 days, 9 hours ago
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By Natalie Zarrelli !– tml-version=”2″ –After a long day in the laboratory in 1932, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering walked out into the chilly Michigan evening with specially prepared petri dishes, called […] -
admin wrote a new post, How Joseph Stalin Starved Millions in the Ukrainian Famine 5 days, 10 hours ago
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By Patrick J. Kiger Cruel efforts under Stalin to impose collectivism and tamp down Ukrainian nationalism left an estimated 3.9 million dead.!– tml-version=”2″ –At the height of the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine […] -
admin wrote a new post, Opioid Industry Suits Are a Misguided Cash Grab Against Politically Unpopular Target 5 days, 11 hours ago
By Jeffrey Miron, Laura Nicolae Jeffrey Miron and Laura Nicolae
Prescription opioid manufacturers and distributors are under
legal siege. Nearly 2,000 lawsuits from states,
municipalities, and hospitals allege […] -
admin wrote a new post, When Global Warming Was Revealed by a Zig-Zagged Curve 5 days, 11 hours ago
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By Kieran Mulvaney The Keeling Curve was among the earliest charts showing that carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere were on a steady uptick.!– tml-version=”2″ –It looks, at first glance, like a doodle, […] -
admin wrote a new post, How ‘Unicorn Horns’ Became the Poison Antidote of Choice for Paranoid Royals 5 days, 23 hours ago
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By Hadley Meares Elizabeth I, for one, was known to drink from a unicorn horn cup, believing that if poison touched it, it would explode.!– tml-version=”2″ –Being a king or queen has always been a treacherous […] -
admin wrote a new post, Revolutionary Mobs Almost Destroyed the Notre-Dame Cathedral 6 days, 3 hours ago
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By Erin Blakemore Anti-Christian forces all but tore down one of France’s most powerful symbols!– tml-version=”2″ –It’s one of France’s most powerful religious, architectural and cultural symbols—and images of […] - Load More
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